NTSB CAROL · Event
Event SEA77DYE15
Registry · N117JS
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
VAN'S AIRCRAFT RV-4
Year of manufacture
1992
Engine
LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES (180 hp)
Seats / Engines
2 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19920814
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A0470D
Registrant of record
MARTIN THOMAS S
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
VOLMER VT22 · N117JS
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
DC
Operator type
D
Airport
PORTERS FIELD
Kind of flying
DB
Weather at impact
Sky
SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET
Wind
180° / 10 kt
Temp
50° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
0000000011JS
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
613
Age
37
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
TL SPEED.PLT STATES,CTLS INEFFECTIVE IN SPIN.
Investigator remarks
HOMEBUILT ACFT.FIRST FLT.PLT PRACTICING AT MIN C
Cause factors
- 64/A/16 A PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/31 A PILOT IN COMMAND LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT 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 0962.
Source file
NTSB_1977_3_0962.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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