NTSB CAROL · Event
Event ANC81FA059
Registry · N121CA
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
DJI PHANTOM 4 PRO V2.0
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A0579C
Registrant of record
CARROLL JON ARTHUR
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
CONVAIR 440 · N121CA
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Takeoff — initial climb (C1)
Operator type
Public use
Airport
DILLINGHAM
Kind of flying
B5
Weather at impact
Sky
BROKEN
Wind
330° / 12 kt
Temp
56° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000000342
Total time
14,698 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
DA (DA)
Total hours
9,500
Age
40
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
PWR.EXH STACK BRKN,BMEP CONDUIT OVRHTD,GOV MALF.
Investigator remarks
R ENG FIRE WRNG LGT DRG TKOF,ENG SURGED AT METO
Cause factors
- 74/C/G5 C POWERPLANT STACKS Cause
- 88/C/95 C MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS MATERIAL FAILURE Cause
- 88/C/AJ C MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS LEAK/LEAKAGE Cause
- 74/C/J0 C POWERPLANT POWER INDICATORS Cause
- 74/C/FG C POWERPLANT GOVERNORS Cause
- 88/C/CI C MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OVERHEATED Cause
- 88/C/BR C MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS ERRATIC Cause
- 64/B/20 B PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC.
- 88/B/07 B MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS IMPROPER EMERGENCY PROCEDURES
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 2832.
Source file
NTSB_1981_3_2832.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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