NTSB CAROL · Event
Event FTW74AF056
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
DASSAULT FALCON · N7824M
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dusk
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Cruise — descent (EF)
Operator type
Business
Airport
MEACHAM
Kind of flying
B3
Weather at impact
Sky
OVERCAST
Temp
50° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000000042
Total time
3,424 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
DA (DA)
Total hours
7,400
Age
43
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
ORMALLY IN HEAVY RAIN.DIDNT DEPLOY DRAG CHUTE.
Investigator remarks
CLRD ILS CIRCLING APCH,PLT REQ STRAIGHT IN.LND N
Cause factors
- 64/A/80 A PILOT IN COMMAND SELECTED WRONG RUNWAY RELATIVE TO EXISTING WIND Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/19 A PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO USE OR INCORRECTLY USED MISC.EQUIPMENT Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/A/92 A MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS HYDROPLANING ON WET RUNWAY Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 80/A/BA A AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES WET RUNWAY Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 82/J/B J WEATHER RAIN Joint cause
- 88/J/AQ J MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS DOWNWIND 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 0141.
Source file
NTSB_1974_3_0141.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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