NTSB CAROL · Event
Event ATL81IA023
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
DOUGLAS DC-8 · N864FT
Damage
Minor
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
C
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
B5
Airport
ATLANTA INTL
Weather at impact
Sky
UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
Aircraft history
Serial number
Z
Pilot
Certificate
DA (DA)
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
ASHER,PIN AN975-9,& NUT,NAS 1022A9,MISSING.
Investigator remarks
UPPER CROSS TUBE END TAPER PIN,PIN 4716811-501,W
Cause factors
- 70/A/CE A AIRFRAME NOSEWHEEL ASSEMBLIES Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/A/90 A MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS MISSING 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
4 0016.
Source file
NTSB_1980_4_0016.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
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- NASA NTRS 2019 · Contractor Report (CR)
Implications of equipping a DC-8-61 fleet with RNAV/two-segment approach avionics
Due to the costs of implementing two-segment approaches with special purpose computers, and the fact that such systems rely on special ground equipment not generally in use today, it is useful to cons…
- NASA NTRS 2019 · Conference Paper
Wind modeling and lateral control for automatic landing
For the purposes of aircraft control system design and analysis, the wind can be characterized by a mean component which varies with height and by turbulent components which are described by the von K…
- NASA NTRS 2019 · Conference Paper
Description and flight performance of two systems for two-segment approach
This paper describes two different avionic systems which were designed and developed to provide guidance and control for two-segment noise abatement approaches.
- NASA NTRS 2019 · Contractor Report (CR)
Flight evaluation of two-segment approaches using area navigation guidance equipment
A two-segment noise abatement approach procedure for use on DC-8-61 aircraft in air carrier service was developed and evaluated.
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