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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event NYC78FNA32

1978-06-25 LINCOLN, Rhode Island, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N9334L

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

AMERICAN AVIATION AA-1A

Year of manufacture

1971 · 7 years old at event

Engine

LYCOMING 0-235 SERIES (115 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19710226

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S ACF3BD

Registrant of record

MEDIC CHOPPERS LLC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N9334L GRUM AMER AA1-A 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

GRUM AMER AA1-A · N9334L

Damage

None

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

A0

Operator type

D

Airport

N.CENTRAL STATE

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Aircraft history

Serial number

0000AA1A0034

Total time

2,009 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

142

Age

41

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

OPPING ACFT.STARTING EQUIPMENT AVAILABLE.

Investigator remarks

LINEMAN WAS HIT ON THE HEAD BY PROP WHEN HAND PR

Cause factors

64/A/37 A
PILOT IN COMMAND STARTED ENGINE WITHOUT PROPER ASSISTANCE/EQUIPMENT Cause — pilot/personnel action
68/A/K3 A
PERSONNEL GROUND CREWMAN Cause — pilot/personnel action

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 2372. Source file NTSB_1978_3_2372.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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