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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event ATL81FA015

1981-11-04 HAZARD, Kentucky, United States Minor 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

N738KH Cessna 172N Minor

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 172N · N738KH

Damage

Destroyed

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EE

Operator type

E

Airport

HAZARD

Kind of flying

CI

Weather at impact

Sky

BROKEN

Wind

190° / 3 kt

Aircraft history

Serial number

000017270034

Total time

1,897 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

1,249

Age

32

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

RWY, WOULD DPT WHEN ACFT LNDD.

Investigator remarks

UNICOM OPR STATED INFORMED PLT PAINTING CREW ON

Cause factors

64/C/45 C
PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED DISTANCE,SPEED,AND ALTITUDE Cause
64/3/07 3
PILOT IN COMMAND DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND Subordinate · 3
80/L/BY L
AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES OTHER

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 2922. Source file NTSB_1981_3_2922.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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