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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event NYC76FNA47

1976-07-14 STOW, Massachusetts, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N8899L

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

GRUMMAN AMERICAN AA-5

Year of manufacture

1974 · 2 years old at event

Engine

LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES (180 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19741204

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S AC42E2

Registrant of record

SUJET DYLAN P

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

GRUM AMER AA-5 · N8899L

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

C4

Operator type

D

Airport

MINUTEMAN

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

BROKEN

Aircraft history

Serial number

0000AA5-0698

Total time

783 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

243

Age

35

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

WARD.

Investigator remarks

PIC ATTEMPTD TAKEOFF WITH ELEVATOR TRIM FULL FOR

Cause factors

  • 64/A/22 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 64/A/29 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 64/A/79 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 88/J/56 J
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS INCORRECT TRIM SETTING Joint cause
  • 88/J/DH J
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS RAN OFF END OF RUNWAY 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 2875. Source file NTSB_1976_3_2875.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.