NTSB CAROL · Event
Event OAK74FXQ07
Registry · N620L
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
ACKLAND JEFF LEGEND
Year of manufacture
1996
Engine
WALTER 601D (724 hp)
Seats / Engines
2 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
20020328
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A81737
Registrant of record
PERFORMANCE AIRCRAFT LLC
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
BOEING B-17G · N620L
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
Z
Phase of flight
Cruise climb (DB)
Operator type
Part 135 (air taxi/commuter)
Kind of flying
CC
Weather at impact
Sky
UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
Wind
090° / 40 kt
Aircraft history
Serial number
000004485840
Total time
10,643 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
DA (DA)
Total hours
11,300
Age
55
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
F MTN.DRY RUN OVR FIRE LINE,FULL LOAD.WIND GUSTY.
Investigator remarks
LOW ALT STEEP TURN DOWNWIND OVR DOWNSLOPE SIDE O
Cause factors
- 64/A/16 A PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 82/J/M J WEATHER DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS Joint cause
- 82/J/H J WEATHER UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS Joint cause
- 88/J/AQ J MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS DOWNWIND 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 2405.
Source file
NTSB_1973_3_2405.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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