NTSB CAROL · Event
Event FTW81FA079
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 TU206B · N3414L
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
D1
Operator type
Y
Airport
BEAUMONT MUNI
Kind of flying
DG
Weather at impact
Sky
BROKEN
Wind
110° / 7 kt
Temp
75° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
0001206-0714
Total time
2,646 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
564
Age
21
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
TAB.CG 7 IN BHND AFT LMT BFR JUMP.SKYDIVING CLUB.
Investigator remarks
WINDOW SEPD FM SPL JUMP DOOR,WRAPPED ARND HORZ S
Cause factors
- 64/A/09 A PILOT IN COMMAND EXCEEDED DESIGNED STRESS LIMITS OF AIRCRAFT Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 70/A/BF A AIRFRAME DOORS,DOOR FRAMES Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/A/BT A MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FLUTTER Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 70/A/D3 A AIRFRAME HORIZONTAL STABILIZER, ATTACHMENTS Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/A/CF A MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OBSTRUCTED Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/J/49 J MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS SEPARATION IN FLIGHT Joint cause
- 88/J/76 J MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS IMPROPERLY LOADED AIRCRAFT-WEIGHT-AND/OR C.G. 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 1248.
Source file
NTSB_1981_3_1248.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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