NTSB CAROL · Event
Event ATL81IA032
Registry · N531SA
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
AERO COMMANDER 500 S
Year of manufacture
1969 · 11 years old at event
Engine
LYCOMING TI0-540 SER (310 hp)
Seats / Engines
7 seats · 2 engines
Last airworthiness date
19690930
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A6B5B5
Registrant of record
SPUR AVIATION SERVICES LC
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
CONVAIR 580 · N531SA
Damage
Minor
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
C
Light condition
Dusk
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Takeoff — initial climb (C1)
Airport
NORFOLK INTL
Weather at impact
Sky
OVERCAST
Wind
350° / 10 kt
Temp
44° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000000121
Total time
47,346 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
DA (DA)
Total hours
10,000
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
OATING,TORQUETUBE RIVETS SHEARED.ELEV VIB OTR FLTS
Investigator remarks
ACFT PITCHED-UP WITHOUT CTL INPUT.L ELEV FREE-FL
Cause factors
- 70/A/D0 A AIRFRAME ELEVATOR ASSEMBLY,ATTACHMENTS Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/A/AH A MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS PREVIOUS DAMAGE Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/A/CV A MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS VIBRATION,EXCESSIVE Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/A/95 A MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS MATERIAL 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
4 0018.
Source file
NTSB_1980_4_0018.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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- NASA NTRS 2011 · Conference Paper
Joint thunderstorm operations using the NASA F-106B and FAATC/AFWAL Convair 580 airplanes
During the 1985 thunderstorm season, three joint thunderstorm research flights were conducted within 100 n.mi. of NASA Langley by the NASA Storm Hazards F-106B and the FAA/USAF CV-580 research airplan…
- NASA NTRS 2019 · Presentation
Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Integration in the National Airspace System (NAS) Project KDP-C Review
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- Embry-Riddle Scholarly Commons 2016 · Journal article (JAAER)
The Tornado that Struck Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University on Christmas Day, 2006: Lessons Learned from a Near-Miss
An F2 tornado that touched down in Daytona Beach on Christmas Day afternoon caused over $50 million of damage to the Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University campus and nearby neighborhoods.
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