NTSB CAROL · Event
Event FTW75AF057
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 · N990L
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dusk
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
C4
Operator type
Business
Airport
NAVY DALLAS
Kind of flying
B3
Weather at impact
Sky
OVERCAST
Wind
360° / 6 kt
Temp
37° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000000043
Total time
5,841 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
DA (DA)
Total hours
13,287
Age
44
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
G CHUTE NOT DEPLOYED.CRASHED IN LAKE.
Investigator remarks
DIDNT CK STAB TRIM.UN ROTATE ACFT.SPOILERS & DRA
Cause factors
- 64/A/29 A PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/20 A PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/06 A PILOT IN COMMAND DELAYED ACTION IN ABORTING TAKEOFF Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/A/56 A MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS INCORRECT TRIM SETTING Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 80/J/BA J AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES WET RUNWAY Joint cause
- 88/J/03 J MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS CHECKLIST-FAILED TO USE Joint cause
- 88/J/DH J MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS RAN OFF END OF RUNWAY Joint cause
- 88/J/88 J MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER 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 0391.
Source file
NTSB_1975_3_0391.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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