NTSB CAROL · Event
Event FTW70AF083
Registry · N79402
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
BOEING 737-924
Year of manufacture
2001
Engine
CFM INTL. CFM56 SERIES (2200 hp)
Seats / Engines
191 seats · 2 engines
Last airworthiness date
20010706
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S AAC954
Registrant of record
UNITED AIRLINES INC
Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).
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
CESSNA 172K · N79402
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
D7
Operator type
D
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Temp
90° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
000017258053
Total time
203 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
3,200
Age
31
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
VEL 13.55 PCT. SOURCE OF CO NOT DETERMINED.
Investigator remarks
BLOOD ALCOHOL LEVEL 81 MG PCT.CARBON MONOXIDE LE
Cause factors
- 64/A/52 A PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED ALTITUDE AND CLEARANCE Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/A/14 A MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/J/65 J PILOT IN COMMAND PHYSICAL IMPAIRMENT Joint cause
- 88/J/67 J MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS ALCOHOLIC IMPAIRMENT OF EFFICIENCY AND JUDGMENT 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 0746.
Source file
NTSB_1970_3_0746.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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