NTSB CAROL · Event
Event FTW81FA044
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 337H · N1361L
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
Marginal VMC
Phase of flight
EK
Operator type
Business
Airport
ALPINE MUNI
Kind of flying
B3
Weather at impact
Sky
OBSCURATION
Wind
060° / 10 kt
Aircraft history
Serial number
000033701853
Total time
195 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
DA (DA)
Total hours
27,513
Age
66
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
AP.
Investigator remarks
HIT MTN APRX 200FT BLO MDA & 4.0 MILES BYD NDB M
Cause factors
- 64/A/26 A PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER IFR OPERATION 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 0974.
Source file
NTSB_1981_3_0974.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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