NTSB CAROL · Event
Event DCA69A0014
Registry · N15570
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
AIR TRACTOR INC AT-402
Year of manufacture
1992
TCDS
A17SW · AIR TRACTOR INC
Engine
P&W PT6A SERIES (500 hp)
Seats / Engines
1 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19920910
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A0E028
Registrant of record
SHEARER SPRAYERS INC
Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).
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
DOUGLAS DC-3 · N15570
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dusk
Weather
IMC
Phase of flight
D1
Operator type
E
Kind of flying
CI
Weather at impact
Sky
OVERCAST
Wind
165° / 35 kt
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000006320
Total time
48,274 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
DA (DA)
Total hours
16,348
Age
43
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
ERRAIN LACKING RADIO NAV AIDS.WINDS ALOFT NOT CKD.
Investigator remarks
RECOVERY DATE 8/8/69.OPN IN IFR WX CONDS IN MT T
Cause factors
- 64/A/20 A PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/27 A PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/04 A PILOT IN COMMAND CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 82/A/A A WEATHER LOW CEILING Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 82/A/D A WEATHER SNOW Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 82/J/F J WEATHER ICING CONDITIONS-INCLUDES SLEET,FREEZING RAIN,ETC. Joint cause
- 82/J/T J WEATHER ADVERSE WINDS ALOFT Joint cause
- 64/J/29 J PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING 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
3 2594.
Source file
NTSB_1969_3_2594.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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