NTSB CAROL · Event
Event DCA80AA018
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
LEARJET 25D · N125NE
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
D9
Operator type
E
Kind of flying
CI
Weather at impact
Sky
SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET
Wind
140° / 9 kt
Temp
82° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
00000025-271
Total time
1,200 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
DA (DA)
Total hours
15,740
Age
59
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
DSCNCT SW INSTLD.AFM/EM TRNG-SPOILERS,INCONSISTENT
Investigator remarks
CAT,FL430.MRGL CTL ABV MACH LMT.UNAUZ MACH WRNG
Cause factors
- 82/A/K A WEATHER TURBULENCE IN FLIGHT,CLEAR AIR Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 65/A/23 A COPILOT Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/30 A PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 68/J/J6 J PERSONNEL OTHER Joint cause
- 76/J/AY J INSTRUMENTS/EQUIPMENT AND ACCESSORIES OTHER Joint cause
- 88/J/AD J MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS UNAPPROVED MODIFICATION Joint cause
- 68/J/E0 J PERSONNEL INADEQUATE FLIGHT TRAINING-PROCEDURES Joint cause
- 88/J/88 J MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER 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 3801.
Source file
NTSB_1980_3_3801.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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