NTSB CAROL · Event
Event CHI72FEP45
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
BENSEN B-8 · N2362
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
I
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Cruise — level (EA)
Operator type
D
Airport
ALEXANDER FLD
Kind of flying
DB
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000202013
Pilot
Certificate
Airline transport
Total hours
11
Age
28
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
ROP SEPRTD,PLT LOST CTL.
Investigator remarks
R AIR INTAKE STACK SEPRTD,HIT PROP.21IN SEC OF P
Cause factors
- 74/C/FA C POWERPLANT BLADES Cause
- 84/C/G C MISCELLANEOUS FOREIGN MATERIAL AFFECTING NORMAL OPERATIONS Cause
- 74/C/CL C POWERPLANT RAM AIR ASSEMBLY Cause
- 88/C/BM C MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS DISCONNECTED Cause
- 64/B/23 B PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS
- 88/L/49 L MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS SEPARATION IN FLIGHT
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 0172.
Source file
NTSB_1972_3_0172.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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