NTSB CAROL · Event
Event OAK76DVG75
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
PITTS SPCL S-1 · N4WA
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
D7
Operator type
D
Airport
FROGTOWN
Kind of flying
B1
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Temp
80° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000000001
Total time
200 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
DA (DA)
Total hours
28,500
Age
54
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
IT DRG HAMMERHEAD STALL. UN RESTART,LND IN FLD.
Investigator remarks
WRONG TYPE FUEL TANK FLOP TUBE INSTALLED. ENG QU
Cause factors
- 74/C/CB C POWERPLANT LINES AND FITTINGS Cause
- 88/C/46 C MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS WRONG PART Cause
- 88/C/96 C MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FUEL STARVATION Cause
- 68/C/J6 C PERSONNEL OTHER Cause
- 83/B/F B TERRAIN ROUGH/UNEVEN
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 1163.
Source file
NTSB_1976_3_1163.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
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