NTSB CAROL · Event
Event DCA80AA020
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 1049H · N74CA
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Takeoff — initial climb (C1)
Operator type
Business
Airport
COLUMBUS BAKALAR
Kind of flying
DD
Weather at impact
Sky
SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET
Wind
190° / 6 kt
Temp
86° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000004850
Total time
20,000 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
DA (DA)
Total hours
17,250
Age
66
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
G.UNCORRECTED PWR DECAY.8380LBS OVR MAX TKOF GWT.
Investigator remarks
INADQT,UNCOORDINATED RESPONSE TO ENG FIRE WARIN
Cause factors
- 64/A/21 A PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/A/05 A MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS CREW COORDINATION-POOR Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 68/A/N0 A PERSONNEL IMPROPER USE OF EQUIPMENT Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/J/02 J PILOT IN COMMAND ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL Joint cause
- 64/J/29 J PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Joint cause
- 88/J/76 J MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS IMPROPERLY LOADED AIRCRAFT-WEIGHT-AND/OR C.G. 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 3483.
Source file
NTSB_1980_3_3483.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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