NTSB CAROL · Event
Event ATL82FKJ05
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
BEECH 3NM · N16139
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
D1
Operator type
E
Kind of flying
CJ
Weather at impact
Sky
UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
Wind
150° / 10 kt
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000CA-144
Total time
14,182 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
2,110
Age
23
Investigator remarks
STRUCK PWR LN.
Cause factors
- 64/A/15 A PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/J/14 J MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING Joint cause
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 3035.
Source file
NTSB_1981_3_3035.txt.
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