NTSB CAROL · Event
Event ATL80IA056
Registry · N33BR
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
DEHAVILLAND DHC-1B-2-S3
Engine
LYCOMING GO-480 SERIES (295 hp)
Seats / Engines
2 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19800228
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A3939F
Registrant of record
MARCHANT WILLIAM
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
DEHAVILLAND DHC-13 · N33BR
Damage
Minor
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
C
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
D7
Operator type
D
Airport
SHANNON
Kind of flying
DF
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000000166
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
7,000
Age
50
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
INGE ATCH PT SEPRTD FM MAIN SPAR OF VERT STBLZR.
Investigator remarks
DRNG TAIL SLIDE PLT STTD LOST RUDR CNTL.RUDDER H
Cause factors
- 64/A/09 A PILOT IN COMMAND EXCEEDED DESIGNED STRESS LIMITS OF AIRCRAFT Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 70/J/D1 J AIRFRAME RUDDER SURFACES,ATTACHMENTS Joint cause
- 88/J/49 J MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS SEPARATION IN FLIGHT 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
5 0015.
Source file
NTSB_1980_5_0015.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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