NTSB CAROL · Event
Event FTW67D0337
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
BELLANCA 260 · N7624E
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Cruise — descent (EF)
Operator type
D
Kind of flying
B2
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Wind
315° / 15 kt
Temp
40° F
Aircraft history
Total time
2,354 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
2,500
Age
45
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
RASS.
Investigator remarks
ROUGH GROUND IN LANDING AREA CONCEALED BY TALL G
Cause factors
- 64/A/35 A PILOT IN COMMAND SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/29 A PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 83/J/F J TERRAIN ROUGH/UNEVEN Joint cause
- 88/J/94 J MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OVERLOAD 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
3 3804.
Source file
NTSB_1966_3_3804.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
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