NTSB CAROL · Event
Event FTW81DQD02
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
PRUE SUPER · N86676
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
C
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
D1
Operator type
D
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000000002
Total time
999 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
412
Age
34
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
T STEEP SLOPE.PRUE SUPER STANDARD GLIDER.
Investigator remarks
PLT TURNED TO SEE DEER WHILE SOARING NR RIDGE,HI
Cause factors
- 64/A/08 A PILOT IN COMMAND DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/54 A PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED CLEARANCE 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 2296.
Source file
NTSB_1980_3_2296.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
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