NTSB CAROL · Event
Event FTW81DRG41
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
CESSNA 340 · N7218B
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
D0
Operator type
D
Kind of flying
B2
Weather at impact
Sky
SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET
Wind
100° / 5 kt
Temp
74° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
0000340A0121
Total time
898 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
590
Age
32
Cause factors
- 74/C/KA C POWERPLANT POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS Cause
- 83/K/A K TERRAIN WET,SOFT GROUND Joint factor
- 88/L/48 L MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FAILURE OF TWO OR MORE ENGINES
- 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 1276.
Source file
NTSB_1981_3_1276.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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