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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event MKC79DCJ22

1979-06-02 ONEILL, Nebraska, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N9910U

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

GRUMMAN AMERICAN AA-5A

Engine

LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES (180 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19770201

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S ADD8C5

Registrant of record

SKY WEST AVIATION INC TRUSTEE

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N9910U Grumman AA5A 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

GRUMMAN AA5A · N9910U

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise climb (DB)

Operator type

D

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED

Wind

270° / 12 kt

Temp

82° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000001310

Total time

1,348 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

345

Age

23

Cause factors

74/C/KA C
POWERPLANT POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS 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 1436. Source file NTSB_1979_3_1436.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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