NTSB CAROL · Event
Event FTW69A0001
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
AERO COMDR 1121 · N196KC
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
IMC
Phase of flight
D1
Operator type
Business
Airport
DRAKE
Kind of flying
B3
Weather at impact
Sky
UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
Wind
090° / 5 kt
Temp
65° F
Aircraft history
Total time
892 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
5,700
Age
36
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
N ATTEMPTING AIR STARTS.LOWERED GR TOO SOON-FINAL.
Investigator remarks
PVT WX SVC.IMPROPER TECHNIQUES/PROCEDURES USED I
Cause factors
- 64/C/21 C PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS Cause
- 88/C/02 C MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS ANTI-ICING/DEICING EQUIPMENT-IMPROPER OPERATION OF/OR FAILED TO USE Cause
- 88/C/71 C MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS ICE-ENGINE Cause
- 88/C/48 C MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FAILURE OF TWO OR MORE ENGINES Cause
- 88/C/07 C MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS IMPROPER EMERGENCY PROCEDURES Cause
- 82/C/F C WEATHER ICING CONDITIONS-INCLUDES SLEET,FREEZING RAIN,ETC. Cause
- 64/L/31 L PILOT IN COMMAND LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT
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 2243.
Source file
NTSB_1968_3_2243.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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