NTSB CAROL · Event
Event CHI79IA032
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 402 · N4048Q
Damage
Minor
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
C
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Cruise — descent (EF)
Operator type
E
Airport
INDIANAPOLIS INTL
Kind of flying
DB
Weather at impact
Sky
OVERCAST
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000000148
Total time
5,222 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Flight instructor (CFI)
Total hours
2,200
Age
22
Cause factors
- 68/A/D1 A PERSONNEL IMPROPER MAINTENANCE (OWNER PERSONNEL) Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 68/A/D4 A PERSONNEL INADEQUATE INSPECTION OF AIRCRAFT (MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL) Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 70/A/CB A AIRFRAME NORMAL RETRACTION/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/A/47 A MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS IMPROPER ALIGNMENT/ADJUSTMENT Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/A/AV A MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS LOOSE,PART/FITTING Cause — pilot/personnel action
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
5 0001.
Source file
NTSB_1979_5_0001.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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