NTSB CAROL · Event
Event FTW66A0055
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 A-26 · N507WB
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Takeoff — initial climb (C1)
Operator type
Business
Airport
SAN ANTONIO INTL
Kind of flying
B3
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Aircraft history
Total time
3,563 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
DA (DA)
Total hours
9,700
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
PILOT-FAILUR TO SEE ENG.FIRE LITE DELAYD EMGCY ACT
Investigator remarks
FIRE BURNED THRU 14-15 EXHAUST INTO ACCESY SECTN
Cause factors
- 88/A/51 A MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FIRE IN ENGINE Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 74/A/G5 A POWERPLANT STACKS Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/A/95 A MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS MATERIAL FAILURE Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/A/BF A MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS BURNED Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 84/A/J A MISCELLANEOUS WRITTEN CAUSE Cause — pilot/personnel action
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
2 1004.
Source file
NTSB_1965_2_1004.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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