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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event ATL80FKG27

1980-09-15 PEACHTREE CITY, Georgia, United States Minor 1 aircraft Status: Completed

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

AEROSTAR 601P · N333BM

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EB

Operator type

Business

Airport

FALCON FIELD

Kind of flying

B2

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

310° / — kt

Temp

94° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

061P0551-236

Total time

717 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

3,570

Age

55

Cause factors

  • 64/C/48 C
    PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE Cause
  • 64/L/71 L
    PILOT IN COMMAND MISUSED OR FAILED TO USE FLAPS
  • 88/K/94 K
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OVERLOAD FAILURE 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 2048. Source file NTSB_1980_3_2048.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.