NTSB CAROL · Event
Event CHI78FA032
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
CONVAIR 580 · N5829
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Night
Weather
IMC
Phase of flight
Cruise — descent (EF)
Airport
HOPKINS INTL
Weather at impact
Sky
OVERCAST
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000000458
Total time
38,149 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
DA (DA)
Total hours
8,100
Age
55
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
REASON.
Investigator remarks
LEFT ENGINE CAME OUT OF REVERSE FOR UNDETERMINED
Cause factors
- 64/C/22 C PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS Cause
- 88/C/44 C MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS THRUST-UNABLE TO REVERSE Cause
- 64/C/82 C PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO INITIATE GO-AROUND Cause
- 64/L/23 L PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS
- 88/L/13 L MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS NOT ALIGNED WITH RUNWAY/INTENDED LANDING AREA
- 88/K/94 K MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OVERLOAD FAILURE Joint factor
- 83/K/A K TERRAIN WET,SOFT GROUND Joint factor
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 0023.
Source file
NTSB_1978_1_0023.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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- NASA NTRS 2011 · Conference Paper
Joint thunderstorm operations using the NASA F-106B and FAATC/AFWAL Convair 580 airplanes
During the 1985 thunderstorm season, three joint thunderstorm research flights were conducted within 100 n.mi. of NASA Langley by the NASA Storm Hazards F-106B and the FAA/USAF CV-580 research airplan…
- NASA NTRS 2019 · Presentation
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- Embry-Riddle Scholarly Commons 2016 · Journal article (JAAER)
The Tornado that Struck Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University on Christmas Day, 2006: Lessons Learned from a Near-Miss
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