NTSB CAROL · Event
Event CHI80IA036
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
LEAR JET 35A · N42FE
Damage
Minor
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
C
Light condition
E
Weather
Z
Phase of flight
D9
Operator type
Public use
Kind of flying
CJ
Weather at impact
Sky
UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
Aircraft history
Serial number
00000035-242
Total time
385 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
DA (DA)
Age
37
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
LO 14,000FT.L ELEVATOR SEPD DRG RECOVERY.
Investigator remarks
AIRSPEED APRX 450KIAS DRG RECOVERY.VMO 307KIAS B
Cause factors
- 64/A/08 A PILOT IN COMMAND DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 70/J/D0 J AIRFRAME ELEVATOR ASSEMBLY,ATTACHMENTS Joint cause
- 88/J/94 J MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OVERLOAD FAILURE Joint cause
- 88/J/49 J MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS SEPARATION IN FLIGHT 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
5 0029.
Source file
NTSB_1980_5_0029.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
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