NTSB CAROL · Event
Event CHI79FEX09
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
BEECHCRAFT E18S · N46952
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Day
Weather
IMC
Phase of flight
D1
Operator type
E
Airport
INDIANAPOLIS INTL
Kind of flying
CJ
Weather at impact
Sky
BROKEN
Wind
010° / 10 kt
Temp
39° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
0000000BA354
Total time
11,531 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
17,000
Age
47
Investigator remarks
PILOT STATED HE RCVD WX BRIEF FROM ANOTHER PILOT
Cause factors
- 64/C/29 C PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Cause
- 64/C/27 C PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING Cause
- 64/C/32 C PILOT IN COMMAND MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL Cause
- 88/C/63 C MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FUEL EXHAUSTION Cause
- 82/J/G J WEATHER CONDITIONS CONDUCIVE TO CARB./INDUCTION SYSTEM ICING Joint cause
- 82/K/A K WEATHER LOW CEILING Joint factor
- 83/K/F K TERRAIN ROUGH/UNEVEN 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
3 3712.
Source file
NTSB_1978_3_3712.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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