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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event FTW80FRJ01

1979-10-04 ALEXANDRIA, Louisiana, United States Minor 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N713SP

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

AERO COMMANDER 500-B

Year of manufacture

1964 · 15 years old at event

Engine

LYCOMING IO-540-E1A5 (290 hp)

Seats / Engines

7 seats · 2 engines

Last airworthiness date

20200828

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A988D0

Registrant of record

CENTRAL AIRLINES INC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N713SP AERO COMDR 680W Minor

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 680W · N713SP

Damage

Destroyed

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Night

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

D1

Operator type

Business

Kind of flying

B3

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

320° / 4 kt

Temp

70° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000001805-27

Total time

2,200 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

1,841

Age

33

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

MEDIATELY AFTERWARDS.

Investigator remarks

LNDD SAFELY ON PASTURE.ACFT EXPLODED & BURNED IM

Cause factors

84/C/I C
MISCELLANEOUS UNDETERMINED Cause
84/L/E L
MISCELLANEOUS SMOKE IN COCKPIT
88/L/50 L
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FIRE IN CABIN,COCKPIT,BAGGAGE COMPARTMENT
88/L/AC L
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FIRE OF UNDETERMINED ORIGIN
88/K/94 K
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OVERLOAD FAILURE 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 2512. Source file NTSB_1979_3_2512.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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