NTSB CAROL · Event
Event ATL81DA113
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
BOEING 727 · N8888Z
Damage
None
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
C
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
Z
Phase of flight
D0
Weather at impact
Sky
UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
Aircraft history
Serial number
00000000000Z
Pilot
Certificate
DA (DA)
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
URE. NO OF PAX NOT OBTAINED.
Investigator remarks
FLIGHT ATTENDANT INCAPACITATED BY EPILEPTIC SEIZ
Cause factors
- 68/A/R0 A PERSONNEL FLIGHT ATTENDANT Cause — pilot/personnel action
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
4 0027.
Source file
NTSB_1981_4_0027.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
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- Embry-Riddle Scholarly Commons 1993 · Journal article (JAAER)
A Cost Analysis: Re-Engining a Boeing 727-200 (Advanced) Versus Buying a New Boeing 757-200
The Boeing 727-200 and 757-200 are both narrowbody aircraft designed for short- to medium-range flights carrying 164 to 214 passengers.
- Semantic Scholar 2021 · Article (Data in Brief)
Cockpit voice recorder transcript data: Capturing safety voice and safety listening during historic aviation accidents
Cockpit Voice Recorder (CVR) transcripts capture audio data within cockpit environments. This aids the investigation of causal factors contributing to aviation accidents by revealing communication and…
- NASA NTRS 2019 · Conference Paper
Avoiding a maneuvering aircraft with TCAS
The present investigation was carried out in NASA's Man-Vehicle Systems Research Facility B 727 simulator because of the need for veridical aircraft response.
- NASA NTRS 2019 · Conference Paper
Aircraft performance in a JAWS microburst
Attention is given to the detailed features of a servere microburst event, the flight behavior of a 727 airliner in such an event as predicted by a numerical simulation, and several low level wind she…
- NASA NTRS 2019 · Conference Paper
Flight simulator platform motion and air transport pilot training
The effect of a flight simulator platform motion on the performance and training of a pilot was evaluated using subjective ratings and objective performance data obtained on experienced B-727 pilots a…
- NASA NTRS 2019 · Conference Paper
Description and flight performance of two systems for two-segment approach
This paper describes two different avionic systems which were designed and developed to provide guidance and control for two-segment noise abatement approaches.
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