NTSB CAROL · Event
Event CHI74DEG18
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
CESSNA 195 · N4666T
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Cruise — descent (EF)
Operator type
D
Airport
HAMILTON
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET
Wind
200° / 10 kt
Temp
70° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000007802
Total time
1,670 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
2,105
Age
58
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
AND 12IN BOULDER.WIND GUSTING 20K.
Investigator remarks
ACFT VEERED L OFF RWY,STRUCK 10IN RIDGE OF DIRT
Cause factors
- 64/C/79 C PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL Cause
- 64/C/28 C PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS Cause
- 80/K/BY K AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES OTHER Joint factor
- 82/L/H L WEATHER UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS
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 0334.
Source file
NTSB_1974_3_0334.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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