NTSB CAROL · Event
Event FTW69F0262
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
LUSCOMBE 8A · N1123K
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EE
Operator type
Part 91 (general aviation)
Airport
SLIDELL
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Aircraft history
Total time
1,724 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
90
Age
44
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
ENT IN ACFT.HIT N8247V SUB DAMAGE.
Investigator remarks
PLT LET PX LAND ACFT.PX,PRIVATE PLT BUT NOT CURR
Cause factors
- 68/A/K4 A PERSONNEL PASSENGER Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/B/16 B PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED
- 64/C/33 C PILOT IN COMMAND EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT 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 3750.
Source file
NTSB_1968_3_3750.txt.
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- arXiv 2020 · arXiv preprint
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