NTSB CAROL · Event
Event FTW81FA135
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
PIPER PA-38 · N2390F
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
DC
Operator type
Part 121 (air carrier)
Kind of flying
A0
Weather at impact
Sky
SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET
Wind
110° / 7 kt
Temp
85° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
0038-79A0414
Total time
120 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Flight instructor (CFI)
Total hours
398
Age
23
Investigator remarks
SIM FORCED LANDING.
Cause factors
- 66/A/16 A DUAL STUDENT Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/30 A PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/J/85 J MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS SIMULATED CONDITIONS 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 2987.
Source file
NTSB_1981_3_2987.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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