NTSB CAROL · Event
Event ATL81FA102
Registry · N2783Q
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
DJI AGRAS T40
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A2C704
Registrant of record
HAYCOCK AERIAL LLC
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
AERO COMDR 500B · N2783Q
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dusk
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EE
Operator type
E
Airport
STANDIFORD
Kind of flying
CJ
Weather at impact
Sky
BROKEN
Wind
360° / 7 kt
Temp
72° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
00001387-140
Total time
6,019 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
DA (DA)
Total hours
3,549
Age
25
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
DED/FAILED AT FIREWALL.EMERG HYD GAGE MALF.
Investigator remarks
UN LWR GEAR W NORMAL/EMERG SYS.HYD FITTING CORRO
Cause factors
- 70/A/CB A AIRFRAME NORMAL RETRACTION/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/A/55 A MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS CORRODED/CORROSION Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/A/AJ A MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS LEAK/LEAKAGE Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 70/A/CC A AIRFRAME EMERGENCY/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/A/95 A MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS MATERIAL FAILURE Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/A/38 A MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS HYDRAULIC FAILURE 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
3 1881.
Source file
NTSB_1981_3_1881.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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