NTSB CAROL · Event
Event CHI79FA007
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 G18 · N11Z
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dusk
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EE
Operator type
E
Airport
CLEVELAND HOPKINS
Kind of flying
CJ
Weather at impact
Sky
OVERCAST
Wind
160° / 22 kt
Temp
62° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
0000000BA510
Total time
7,963 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
DA (DA)
Total hours
2,673
Age
42
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
N THIS MODEL.
Investigator remarks
NO CARGO NET OR ROPE FOUND IN AIRCRAFT.1ST FLT I
Cause factors
- 64/C/25 C PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER LEVEL OFF Cause
- 64/B/29 B PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING
- 88/B/60 B MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS CARGO SHIFTED
- 88/B/29 B MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS IMPROPERLY SECURED
- 64/1/31 1 PILOT IN COMMAND LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT Subordinate · 1
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 4434.
Source file
NTSB_1978_3_4434.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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