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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event ATL81DKJ03

1980-11-25 FAIRHOPE, Alabama, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

N7628Q Cessna 402B None

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

CESSNA 402B · N7628Q

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Day

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

D0

Operator type

Business

Airport

FAIRHOPE MUNI

Kind of flying

B3

Weather at impact

Sky

OVERCAST

Wind

360° / 10 kt

Aircraft history

Serial number

0000402B0571

Total time

2,500 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

6,900

Age

49

Investigator remarks

TURBINE FUEL USED TO REFUEL AIRCRAFT.

Cause factors

64/C/29 C
PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Cause
68/C/D2 C
PERSONNEL IMPROPERLY SERVICED AIRCRAFT (GROUND CREW) Cause
88/C/37 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FUEL GRADE-IMPROPER Cause
83/K/A K
TERRAIN WET,SOFT GROUND 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 3594. Source file NTSB_1980_3_3594.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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