NTSB CAROL · Event
Event FTW75AF066
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
ERCO 415-CD · N3318H
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
D7
Operator type
D
Airport
RANCH STRIP
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000003943
Total time
1,860 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Airline transport
Total hours
30
Age
47
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
ATTMPTD LOOP.
Investigator remarks
ABT 4FT OF R WG OUTBD PANEL FAILED. STUDENT PLT
Cause factors
- 64/A/02 A PILOT IN COMMAND ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/09 A PILOT IN COMMAND EXCEEDED DESIGNED STRESS LIMITS OF AIRCRAFT Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/A/94 A MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OVERLOAD FAILURE Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/J/49 J MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS SEPARATION IN FLIGHT 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 0992.
Source file
NTSB_1975_3_0992.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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