NTSB CAROL · Event
Event DCA68A0005
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
LOCKHEED L-188 · N9707C
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
IMC
Phase of flight
D1
Weather at impact
Sky
UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
Aircraft history
Total time
20,958 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
DA (DA)
Total hours
10,890
Age
46
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
CED BY TSTM TURB,R WING FAILED IN OVERLOAD.
Investigator remarks
DURG ATTMPTD RECOVERY FROM UNUSUAL ATTITUDE INDU
Cause factors
- 64/C/27 C PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING Cause
- 64/C/09 C PILOT IN COMMAND EXCEEDED DESIGNED STRESS LIMITS OF AIRCRAFT Cause
- 70/C/AY C AIRFRAME OTHER Cause
- 88/C/94 C MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OVERLOAD FAILURE Cause
- 82/C/L C WEATHER TURBULENCE, ASSOCIATED W/CLOUDS AND/OR THUNDERSTORMS Cause
- 88/K/49 K MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS SEPARATION IN FLIGHT Joint factor
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
1 0003.
Source file
NTSB_1968_1_0003.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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