NTSB CAROL · Event
Event FTW71AF070
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
GATES LEAR 25 · N954FA
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EB
Operator type
Business
Airport
LAKE CHARLES
Kind of flying
B1
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Wind
180° / 7 kt
Temp
75° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
00000025-034
Total time
471 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
DA (DA)
Total hours
3,948
Age
29
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
N AND IGNITED. CAUSED FIRE DMG TO ACFT. LND OK.
Investigator remarks
R BATTERY SHORTED TO GRND FOR UNDETERMINED REASO
Cause factors
- 75/A/AA A SYSTEMS BATTERIES Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/A/BX A MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS GROUNDED Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/A/95 A MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS MATERIAL FAILURE Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/J/50 J MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FIRE IN CABIN,COCKPIT,BAGGAGE COMPARTMENT Joint cause
- 88/J/33 J MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS ELECTRICAL 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 3819.
Source file
NTSB_1971_3_3819.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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