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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event NYC80FA033

1980-04-07 ST CROIX, VI, United States Minor 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N26DF

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

EVOLUTION AIRCRAFT INC REVO

Year of manufacture

2020

Engine

ROTAX 912ULS SERIES (100 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

20200401

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A27CF5

Registrant of record

HIGHFIELD KENNETH J

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N26DF Grumman G-73 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

GRUMMAN G-73 · N26DF

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EE

Operator type

E

Airport

CHRISTIANSTED

Kind of flying

CI

Weather at impact

Sky

SCATTERED-BELOW 1000 FEET

Wind

130° / 15 kt

Aircraft history

Serial number

00000000J-10

Total time

17,211 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

DA (DA)

Total hours

9,661

Age

36

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

REA APRX WIDTH OF CBL FD CARB HEATH LINKAGE.

Investigator remarks

HI-PRESS FUEL LINE 3IN FRM HOT ELECT CBL.ARCED A

Cause factors

68/A/D6 A
PERSONNEL INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION Cause — pilot/personnel action
75/A/AJ A
SYSTEMS RELAYS AND WIRING Cause — pilot/personnel action
88/A/AM A
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS ARCING Cause — pilot/personnel action
68/J/E4 J
PERSONNEL FAILURE TO PROVIDE ADEQ.DIRECTIVES,MANUAL,EQUIPMENT Joint cause
88/J/07 J
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS IMPROPER EMERGENCY PROCEDURES Joint cause
88/J/51 J
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FIRE IN ENGINE 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 1688. Source file NTSB_1980_3_1688.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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