NTSB CAROL · Event
Event NYC72FIG10
Registry · N7749
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
MICHAEL C SMITH SA 100
Seats / Engines
1 seats · 1 engine
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S AA7B76
Registrant of record
SMITH MICHAEL C
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
DEHAVND CAN DHC-1B · N7749
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
D7
Operator type
D
Airport
BAY BRIDGE
Kind of flying
DF
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Wind
280° / 8 kt
Temp
87° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000000167
Total time
3,522 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Flight instructor (CFI)
Total hours
2,555
Age
34
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
OUT FROM SPLIT S.NO INVERTED FLT FUEL SYSTEM.
Investigator remarks
INVERTED STALL DURING SNAP ROLL.HIT GRND ON PULL
Cause factors
- 74/C/CY C POWERPLANT OTHER Cause
- 88/C/96 C MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FUEL STARVATION Cause
- 64/B/16 B PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED
- 64/B/53 B PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED ALTITUDE
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 4014.
Source file
NTSB_1971_3_4014.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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