SURFACE_COND_DITCHING

10 codes

** SURFACE CONDITION-DITCHING IN WATER
A OPEN SEA-CALM-ACFT BROKE UP
B OPEN SEA-CALM-A/C RMD INTACT
C OPEN SEA-ROUGH-ACFT BROKE UP
D OPEN SEA-ROUGH-ACFT INTACT
E SHELTERED-CALM-ACFT BROKE UP
F SHELTERED-CALM-ACFT INTACT
G SHELTERED-ROUGH-ACFT BROKE UP
H SHELTERED-ROUGH-ACFT INTACT
I UNREPORTED-MISG OVER WTR FLT.

Source

Codes verbatim from the ct_Pre1982 table of PRE1982.MDB — the FAA-distributed pre-1982 NTSB aviation accident database. Used internally by the Atlas to decode legacy accident records on every pre-1982 NTSB event page.