NTSB CAROL · Event
Event ATL80FA070
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
AERO COMDR 680V · N2755H
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dusk
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
ED
Operator type
E
Airport
ALLEN C THOMPSON
Kind of flying
CJ
Weather at impact
Sky
OVERCAST
Wind
140° / 12 kt
Temp
93° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000001628
Total time
8,416 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
DA (DA)
Total hours
3,000
Age
35
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
& DWNDFTS IN VCTY OF APRT.
Investigator remarks
WND GSTG 25KTS.PLT RCVD PIREPS OF WNDSHEAR,TURBL
Cause factors
- 64/C/05 C PILOT IN COMMAND CONTINUED FLIGHT INTO KNOWN AREAS OF SEVERE TURBULENCE Cause
- 82/L/I L WEATHER WIND SHEAR
- 82/L/L L WEATHER TURBULENCE, ASSOCIATED W/CLOUDS AND/OR THUNDERSTORMS
- 82/L/M L WEATHER DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS
- 82/L/X L WEATHER THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY
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 3517.
Source file
NTSB_1980_3_3517.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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