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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event FTW79DA019

1978-11-30 EAGLE PASS, Texas, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

N90674 Aerostar 601P None

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

AEROSTAR 601P · N90674

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dusk

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — descent (EF)

Operator type

E

Airport

EAGLE PASS MUNI

Kind of flying

CI

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Temp

60° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

61P-0358-11

Total time

908 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

2,200

Age

33

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

ER 2500FT OF RWY HAD LIGHTS.

Investigator remarks

BRAKE PISTON ROD UNSCREWED FROM BRAKE PEDAL.CENT

Cause factors

70/C/CJ C
AIRFRAME BRAKING SYSTEM (NORMAL SYSTEM) Cause
88/C/BM C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS DISCONNECTED Cause
88/C/DF C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS INTENTIONAL GROUND-WATER-LOOP-SWERVE Cause
88/L/DH L
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS RAN OFF END OF RUNWAY
80/K/A3 K
AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES RUNWAY LIGHTING Joint factor

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 3683. Source file NTSB_1978_3_3683.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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