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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event FTW81FA013

1980-11-28 PECOS, Texas, United States Fatal 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

N816D Douglas DC-7B Fatal

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

DOUGLAS DC-7B · N816D

Damage

Destroyed

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dusk

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Takeoff — initial climb (C1)

Operator type

D

Airport

PECOS MUNI

Kind of flying

DZ

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Temp

41° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000045085

Total time

37,000 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

DA (DA)

Age

47

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

REASED,CRASHED,BURNED.NO 2 PROP FND FEATHERED.

Investigator remarks

AFTER TKOF,STARTED L TURN,LOW ALT.BANK ANGLE INC

Cause factors

74/C/KA C
POWERPLANT POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS Cause
64/B/16 B
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED
88/B/07 B
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS IMPROPER EMERGENCY PROCEDURES

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 3146. Source file NTSB_1980_3_3146.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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