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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event FTW79DRG27

1979-04-21 PREMONT, Texas, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

N4976X AERO-COMDR S-2R 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

AERO-COMDR S-2R · N4976X

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

DK

Operator type

Part 135 (air taxi/commuter)

Kind of flying

CA

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

135° / 7 kt

Temp

70° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

00000005021R

Total time

956 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

3,844

Age

30

Investigator remarks

MIXTURE BARREL SCREW WORKED OUT.

Cause factors

68/C/D0 C
PERSONNEL IMPROPER MAINTENANCE (MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL) Cause
74/C/CG C
POWERPLANT CARBURETOR Cause
88/C/AV C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS LOOSE,PART/FITTING Cause
83/K/I K
TERRAIN HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS 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 0617. Source file NTSB_1979_3_0617.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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