NTSB CAROL · Event
Event ATL81FA108
Registry · N8007H
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
ALLIANT AVIATION LLC DESTINY 2000 XLT
Seats / Engines
2 seats · 1 engine
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S AAE532
Registrant of record
BELL STEVEN C
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 685 · N8007H
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
D9
Operator type
Business
Kind of flying
B3
Weather at impact
Sky
SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET
Temp
82° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000012048
Total time
1,550 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
12,000
Age
60
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
FAILED,WELD.BLEED-AIR ELBO LOOSE.RCKWL SL/EO NCW.
Investigator remarks
DID NOT FLW ATC DRCTN.BLD/CO LVL 32PCT.EXH RISER
Cause factors
- 68/A/D6 A PERSONNEL INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 74/A/G5 A POWERPLANT STACKS Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/A/AG A MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS POOR WELD Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 75/A/EY A SYSTEMS OTHER Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/A/AV A MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS LOOSE,PART/FITTING Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/A/AJ A MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS LEAK/LEAKAGE Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/64 A PILOT IN COMMAND INCAPACITATION Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/A/68 A MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS HYPOXIA 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 2052.
Source file
NTSB_1981_3_2052.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
Beyond the agency record
Search this event elsewhere.
Pre-filled searches into the sources where news + community discussion of aviation events lives. External sources are reported, not agency. Treat them as signal that something happened, not as fact about what happened.
Entity-clustered aviation events in the press — last 24 hr + 30-day archive.
Official agency record + docket.
Investigative docket: factual reports, photos, transcripts.
Long-running aviation incident database (Flight Safety Foundation).
Community NTSB synthesis blog — often has photos and witness reports.
Gold-standard aviation incident blog.
Aviation industry news search.
GA pilot forum — informed but rumor-prone.
GA pilot subreddit search.
Tail-number page — flight history (free tier limited).
AOPA Air Safety Institute search.
Mainstream press coverage. Recent events only.
Privacy-preserving news search.
External links open in a new tab. We don't ingest their content; we deep-link search queries.