NTSB CAROL · Event
Event CHI72AC099
Registry · N103AA
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
AVIAT AIRCRAFT INC A-1B
Year of manufacture
2007
Engine
LYCOMING IO-360-A1D6 (200 hp)
Seats / Engines
2 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
20070614
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A00FDA
Registrant of record
SMITH GEORGE BARKER
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
DOUGLAS DC-10 · N103AA
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
IMC
Phase of flight
D0
Weather at impact
Sky
BROKEN
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000046503
Total time
2,142 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
DA (DA)
Total hours
24,048
Age
52
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
ING FLT PREPARATION DUE DESIGN OF LATCH MECHANISM.
Investigator remarks
AFT BULK CARGO COMPT DOOR IMPROPERLY ENGAGED DUR
Cause factors
- 70/A/BF A AIRFRAME DOORS,DOOR FRAMES Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/A/29 A MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS IMPROPERLY SECURED Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 68/A/J2 A PERSONNEL POOR/INADEQUATE DESIGN Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/A/94 A MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OVERLOAD FAILURE Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/J/49 J MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS SEPARATION IN FLIGHT Joint cause
- 88/J/35 J MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS EXPLOSIVE DECOMPRESSION 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
1 0004.
Source file
NTSB_1972_1_0004.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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