NTSB CAROL · Event
Event CHI81FER35
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 188 · N9207R
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
C0
Operator type
Part 135 (air taxi/commuter)
Airport
ROSEAU
Kind of flying
CA
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Wind
250° / 15 kt
Aircraft history
Serial number
00018802152T
Total time
660 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
9,811
Age
41
Investigator remarks
FERTILIZING BLUEGRASS W PELLETS.
Cause factors
- 64/C/28 C PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS Cause
- 82/L/H L WEATHER UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS
- 80/K/BF K AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES SOFT SHOULDERS Joint factor
- 88/3/AW 3 MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FEMALE PILOT Subordinate · 3
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 0950.
Source file
NTSB_1981_3_0950.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
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