NTSB CAROL · Event
Event ANC80FA103
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
ROBERTSON 207A · N6244H
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Takeoff — initial climb (C1)
Operator type
E
Airport
BUTLER AVIATION
Kind of flying
CI
Weather at impact
Sky
BROKEN
Aircraft history
Serial number
000020700449
Total time
2,338 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
2,301
Age
26
Investigator remarks
FULL FLAP TKOF.OVER MAX GWT.
Cause factors
- 64/A/71 A PILOT IN COMMAND MISUSED OR FAILED TO USE FLAPS Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/24 A PILOT IN COMMAND PREMATURE LIFT-OFF Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/J/29 J PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Joint cause
- 88/J/76 J MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS IMPROPERLY LOADED AIRCRAFT-WEIGHT-AND/OR C.G. Joint cause
- 82/J/M J WEATHER DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS Joint cause
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 3644.
Source file
NTSB_1980_3_3644.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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