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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event ATL81DKQ15

1981-06-16 WEBB, Mississippi, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

N9921M Emair MA-1B 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

EMAIR MA-1B · N9921M

Damage

Destroyed

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EE

Operator type

Part 135 (air taxi/commuter)

Airport

STRICKLAND

Kind of flying

CB

Weather at impact

Sky

UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED

Temp

90° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000000036

Total time

900 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

8,000

Age

42

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

E DITCH NR SIDE OF RWY.

Investigator remarks

PLT RPRTD LNDG W X-WND COMPONENT.SHALLOW DRAINAG

Cause factors

64/C/28 C
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS Cause
80/J/BY J
AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES OTHER Joint cause
82/J/H J
WEATHER UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS Joint cause
88/J/AQ J
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS DOWNWIND 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 3 1052. Source file NTSB_1981_3_1052.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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