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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event FTW75FQG46

1975-03-23 AMARILLO, Texas, United States Minor 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

CESSNA 210K · N8127G

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

B1

Operator type

D

Airport

AIR TERMINAL

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET

Wind

300° / 31 kt

Temp

57° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000210-59427

Total time

1,611 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

947

Age

51

Investigator remarks

WIND GUSTING 40K.

Cause factors

  • 64/A/38 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND TAXIED/PARKED WITHOUT PROPER ASSISTANCE Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 82/A/H A
    WEATHER UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS Cause — pilot/personnel action

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 0988. Source file NTSB_1975_3_0988.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.