NTSB CAROL · Event
Event CHI82FA006
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
SHORTS SD3-30 · N331MV
Damage
Minor
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
C
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
IMC
Phase of flight
D1
Operator type
E
Kind of flying
CI
Weather at impact
Sky
OVERCAST
Aircraft history
Serial number
00000SH-3034
Total time
5,626 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
DA (DA)
Total hours
5,000
Age
35
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
IN 1IN DIAMETER HOLE.
Investigator remarks
ICE FM PROP PENETRATED WINDOW OF ROW 3 RESULTING
Cause factors
- 84/A/D A MISCELLANEOUS FOREIGN OBJECT DAMAGE Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 82/J/F J WEATHER ICING CONDITIONS-INCLUDES SLEET,FREEZING RAIN,ETC. Joint cause
- 88/J/73 J MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS ICE-PROPELLER 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 0064.
Source file
NTSB_1981_5_0064.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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