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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event DCA81AA006

1981-01-20 SPOKANE, Washington, United States Fatal 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N390CA

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

BOMBARDIER INC CL-600-2C10

Year of manufacture

2003

Engine

GE CF34 SERIES

Seats / Engines

80 seats · 2 engines

Last airworthiness date

20030711

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A482FC

Registrant of record

DELTA AIR LINES INC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N390CA Beech 99A 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

BEECH 99A · N390CA

Damage

Destroyed

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

IMC

Phase of flight

ED

Operator type

E

Airport

SPOKANE INTL

Kind of flying

CI

Weather at impact

Sky

UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED

Wind

030° / 8 kt

Aircraft history

Serial number

Z

Total time

23,322 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

DA (DA)

Total hours

11,680

Age

36

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

APCH LCTD NR MAP.NO FREQ DSPLAY ON DME MODE SEL.

Investigator remarks

DSND BLO MDA NR FAF/DME,4.5MI FM RWY.DME FOR ILS

Cause factors

64/A/26 A
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER IFR OPERATION Cause — pilot/personnel action
88/A/11 A
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS INSTRUMENTS-MISREAD OR FAILED TO READ Cause — pilot/personnel action
64/J/20 J
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. Joint cause
68/J/J2 J
PERSONNEL POOR/INADEQUATE DESIGN Joint cause
76/J/BH J
INSTRUMENTS/EQUIPMENT AND ACCESSORIES DME 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 3663. Source file NTSB_1981_3_3663.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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