NTSB CAROL · Event
Event SEA69A0061
Registry · N2550A
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
TC TRIKES INC 503 TC TRIKE
Year of manufacture
2003
Engine
ROTAX 447 (40 hp)
Seats / Engines
2 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
20070812
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A26C6A
Registrant of record
LOWERY DERRICK L
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
BEECH 99 · N2550A
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Takeoff — initial climb (C1)
Operator type
Part 135 (air taxi/commuter)
Airport
TRI-CITIES
Kind of flying
CI
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Wind
250° / 20 kt
Temp
89° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
0000000U-106
Total time
85 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
4,280
Age
36
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
FULL NOSE UP POSITION.PIC SEAT UNLOCKED,FULL AFT.
Investigator remarks
PITCHED UP STEEPLY AFTER T/O.PITCH TRIM FOUND IN
Cause factors
- 64/A/29 A PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 65/A/23 A COPILOT Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 65/A/16 A COPILOT 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 3710.
Source file
NTSB_1969_3_3710.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
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