NTSB CAROL · Event
Event FTW81FA077
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
BEECH A36 · N500CC
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
IMC
Phase of flight
D9
Operator type
D
Airport
HOBBY
Kind of flying
B2
Weather at impact
Sky
OVERCAST
Wind
120° / 13 kt
Temp
75° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
0000000E-956
Total time
1,773 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Age
39
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
EVEL 6) TSTM IN VICINITY OF ACCIDENT SITE.
Investigator remarks
CONVECTIVE SIGMETS NOT PROVIDED TO PLT.EXTREME(L
Cause factors
- 64/A/05 A PILOT IN COMMAND CONTINUED FLIGHT INTO KNOWN AREAS OF SEVERE TURBULENCE Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/J/29 J PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Joint cause
- 68/J/G1 J PERSONNEL FAILURE TO ADVISE OF UNSAFE WEATHER CONDITIONS Joint cause
- 82/J/X J WEATHER THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY Joint cause
- 82/J/L J WEATHER TURBULENCE, ASSOCIATED W/CLOUDS AND/OR THUNDERSTORMS Joint cause
- 82/J/M J WEATHER DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS Joint cause
- 82/J/B J WEATHER RAIN 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 3444.
Source file
NTSB_1981_3_3444.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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