NTSB CAROL · Event
Event CHI76AC052
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 E18S · N386
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dusk
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Cruise — level (EA)
Operator type
E
Airport
BURLINGTON MUNI
Kind of flying
CJ
Weather at impact
Sky
OVERCAST
Wind
090° / 10 kt
Temp
33° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
0000000BA-95
Total time
6,121 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
2,891
Age
36
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
FOUND IN OFF POS.
Investigator remarks
PLT DEPT WITH RIME ICE ON ACFT. DEICING SWITCHES
Cause factors
- 64/A/20 A PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/19 A PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO USE OR INCORRECTLY USED MISC.EQUIPMENT Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/A/74 A MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS AIRFRAME ICE Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/16 A PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 82/J/F J WEATHER ICING CONDITIONS-INCLUDES SLEET,FREEZING RAIN,ETC. 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 1107.
Source file
NTSB_1976_3_1107.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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