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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event SEA77FA050

1977-09-04 OTHELLO, Washington, United States Fatal 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N9558U

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

UVIFY 810-00028

0

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S AD4ABD

Registrant of record

PIXIS DRONES 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

GRUM AMER AA1C · N9558U

Damage

Destroyed

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

D8

Operator type

Personal/private

Airport

OTHELLO

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Temp

65° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000000055

Total time

228 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

85

Age

26

Cause factors

  • 64/A/16 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 88/A/14 A
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING 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 2210. Source file NTSB_1977_3_2210.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.