NTSB CAROL · Event
Event MKC76FCA14
Registry · N10HJ
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
VAN'S AIRCRAFT RV-6
Year of manufacture
2006
Engine
LYCOMING IO-360-A3B6D (200 hp)
Seats / Engines
2 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
20070630
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A00313
Registrant of record
GERHARDT HEINRICH
Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).
Aircraft involved
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
TED SMITH 610P · N10HJ
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
B1
Operator type
Business
Airport
SPIRIT ST LOUIS
Kind of flying
B2
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Aircraft history
Serial number
061P0220-026
Total time
100 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
DA (DA)
Total hours
2,100
Age
60
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
WAY INTO SOFT SOD-NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED.
Investigator remarks
WHILE MANEUVERING IN RAMP AREA ACFT RAN OFF TAXI
Cause factors
- 64/A/54 A PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED CLEARANCE Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 80/J/BR J AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES SOFT SHOULDERS Joint cause
- 88/J/94 J MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OVERLOAD FAILURE Joint cause
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 3777.
Source file
NTSB_1975_3_3777.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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