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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event NYC76ANA07

1975-08-02 STOW, Massachusetts, United States Minor 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N8877L

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

GRUMMAN AMERICAN AA-1B

Year of manufacture

1974 · 1 years old at event

Engine

LYCOMING 0-235 SERIES (115 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19740327

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S AC3B2E

Registrant of record

GUERRA MICHAEL J

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N8877L GRUM AMER AA1-B Minor

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

GRUM AMER AA1-B · N8877L

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EE

Operator type

Personal/private

Airport

MINUTEMAN FIELD

Kind of flying

A1

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Aircraft history

Serial number

000AA1B-0377

Total time

517 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Airline transport

Total hours

14

Age

27

Investigator remarks

ACFT NOSED OVER.

Cause factors

68/C/C1 C
PERSONNEL INADEQUATE TRAINING OF STUDENT Cause
64/C/25 C
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER LEVEL OFF Cause
64/C/62 C
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER RECOVERY FROM BOUNCED LANDING Cause
88/K/94 K
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OVERLOAD FAILURE Joint factor

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 2673. Source file NTSB_1975_3_2673.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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