NTSB CAROL · Event
Event FTW79FA043
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
AERO COMDR 560 · N2684B
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dusk
Weather
Marginal VMC
Phase of flight
EK
Operator type
D
Airport
TINKER AFB
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
OBSCURATION
Wind
130° / 8 kt
Temp
37° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000000184
Total time
5,787 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
392
Age
20
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
MERGENCY DECLARED DUE LOW FUEL.
Investigator remarks
FLT PATH ERRATIC DURING 5TH ATTEMPTED APPROACH.E
Cause factors
- 64/A/27 A PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/26 A PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER IFR OPERATION Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/16 A PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 82/J/A J WEATHER LOW CEILING Joint cause
- 82/J/C J WEATHER FOG 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 0158.
Source file
NTSB_1979_3_0158.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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