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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event MKC76DER65

1976-04-26 HUTCHINSON, Minnesota, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N5995V

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

SMITH A J WS-10

Seats / Engines

1 seats · 1 engine

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A7C1F1

Registrant of record

SMITH A J

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N5995V Wittman W-8 None

Historical record (pre-1982)

NTSB recorded this accident in the pre-1982 coded-field schema — structured fields rather than free-text narrative. Decoded codes use established NTSB single-letter taxonomies; cause factors remain verbatim pending the Form 6120.4 codebook lookup.

Aircraft

WITTMAN W-8 · N5995V

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

C0

Operator type

D

Airport

HUTCHINSON

Kind of flying

DD

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

360° / 10 kt

Aircraft history

Serial number

0000000JRS-1

Total time

185 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

79

Age

30

Cause factors

64/C/79 C
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL Cause
64/C/22 C
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS Cause
64/C/06 C
PILOT IN COMMAND DELAYED ACTION IN ABORTING TAKEOFF Cause
80/K/BR K
AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES SOFT SHOULDERS Joint factor

Decoded against the NTSB Form 6120.4 cause-factor codebook (ct_Pre1982 table). Each row shows the raw triplet, modifier (Cause / Factor / etc.), category, and specific code.

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 1070. Source file NTSB_1976_3_1070.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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