NTSB CAROL · Event
Event MKC76FCQ30
Registry · N13SL
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
CUBCRAFTERS INC CC11-160
Year of manufacture
2010
Engine
CUBCRAFTER CC340 (180 hp)
Seats / Engines
2 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
20100226
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A07A73
Registrant of record
CARBON CUBS AZ LLC
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
BEDE BD-5JX · N13SL
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Takeoff — initial climb (C1)
Operator type
D
Airport
NEWTON TRI-COUNTY
Kind of flying
B1
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Wind
200° / 15 kt
Temp
57° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000-0013B
Total time
3 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
862
Age
52
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
O PREV JET FLT EXP.PLT FLEW IN SIMULATOR.
Investigator remarks
INITIAL FLT IN SINGLE SEAT ACFT.LOST PITCH CTL.N
Cause factors
- 64/A/23 A PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/31 A PILOT IN COMMAND LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 68/J/E0 J PERSONNEL INADEQUATE FLIGHT TRAINING-PROCEDURES 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 0273.
Source file
NTSB_1976_3_0273.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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