NTSB CAROL · Event
Event SEA77FYP30
Registry · N11U
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
BURKHART GROB FLUGZEUGBAU G102 ASTIR CS
Year of manufacture
1976 · 1 years old at event
Engine
NONE NONE
Seats / Engines
1 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19770301
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A02B9C
Registrant of record
UNICORN SOARING ASSOCIATES
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
BURKHRT GRB G102 · N11U
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
C
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
D0
Operator type
Part 91 (general aviation)
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET
Wind
130° / 8 kt
Temp
83° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000001369
Total time
17 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
327
Age
51
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
ROPERLY CONNECTED.NOT EQUIPPED WITH REQD TOOL.
Investigator remarks
GLIDER ASSEMBLED PRIOR TO FLT.AILERON CTLS NOT P
Cause factors
- 68/C/D5 C PERSONNEL INADEQUATE INSPECTION OF AIRCRAFT (OWNER-PILOT) Cause
- 75/C/CA C SYSTEMS AILERON AND AILERON TAB CONTROL SYSTEM Cause
- 88/C/BM C MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS DISCONNECTED Cause
- 88/K/BT K MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FLUTTER Joint factor
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 1685.
Source file
NTSB_1977_3_1685.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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