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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event FTW75AF057

1975-03-04 GRAND PRAIRIE, Texas, United States Serious 1 aircraft Status: Completed

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 ↗.