NTSB CAROL · Event
Event FTW81FQG50
Registry · N7603
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
DJI AGRAS T40
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S AA4449
Registrant of record
AIRBURST AGRIDRONE LLC
Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).
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
SWEARINGEN SA26AT · N7603
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
C0
Operator type
Business
Airport
MIDLAND RGNL
Kind of flying
A3
Weather at impact
Sky
SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET
Wind
140° / 10 kt
Temp
88° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
00000T26-112
Total time
4,640 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
GA (GA)
Total hours
10,700
Age
49
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
RG LIFT-OFF & LDG.WING,FUSELAGE DMGD.
Investigator remarks
R MAIN TIRE BLOWN ON ROTATION.SEVERE VIBRATION D
Cause factors
- 70/A/CF A AIRFRAME WHEELS,TIRES,AXLES Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/A/95 A MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS MATERIAL FAILURE Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/A/CV A MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS VIBRATION,EXCESSIVE Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 70/A/AY A AIRFRAME OTHER Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/A/94 A MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OVERLOAD FAILURE Cause — pilot/personnel action
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 2593.
Source file
NTSB_1981_3_2593.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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