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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event DCA78AA005

1977-12-18 KAYSVILLE, Utah, United States Fatal 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

N8047U Douglas DC-8F Fatal

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-8F · N8047U

Damage

Destroyed

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dusk

Weather

IMC

Phase of flight

D3

Weather at impact

Sky

BROKEN

Wind

160° / 10 kt

Temp

41° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

Z

Total time

29,832 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

DA (DA)

Total hours

14,954

Age

49

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

OP.HIT MTN NEAR 7200FT LVL.

Investigator remarks

INCOMP & ABIGUOUS HOLDING CLNC. #1 ELECT SYST IN

Cause factors

68/A/G5 A
PERSONNEL ISSUED IMPROPER OR CONFLICTING INSTRUCTIONS Cause — pilot/personnel action
64/A/26 A
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER IFR OPERATION Cause — pilot/personnel action
75/J/AY J
SYSTEMS OTHER Joint cause
88/J/33 J
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS ELECTRICAL FAILURE 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 1 0021. Source file NTSB_1977_1_0021.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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