NTSB CAROL · Event
Event CHI81FA061
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 T-34B · N74195
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
D7
Operator type
L
Airport
HENRY COUNTY MUNI
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Wind
030° / 5 kt
Temp
76° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
0000000BG-39
Total time
799 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
400
Age
49
Investigator remarks
CLUB REGS PROHIBIT ACROBATIC FLT IN CLUB ACFT.
Cause factors
- 64/A/15 A PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/33 A PILOT IN COMMAND EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/A/14 A MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING 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
3 0946.
Source file
NTSB_1981_3_0946.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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