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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event MKC76FCQ30

1976-02-11 NEWTON, Kansas, United States Fatal 1 aircraft Status: Completed

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 ↗.