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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event FTW81IA109

1981-06-17 SHREVEPORT, Louisiana, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N4499S

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

DJI AGRAS T40

0

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A56FB0

Registrant of record

DOUBLE C DRONE SERVICES LLC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N4499S Beech B99 None

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 B99 · N4499S

Damage

Minor

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

C

Light condition

Dusk

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

C0

Operator type

E

Airport

SHREVEPORT RGNL

Kind of flying

CI

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Aircraft history

Serial number

0000000U-162

Total time

11,735 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

GA (GA)

Total hours

5,461

Age

28

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

ER ARPT,ALEXANDRIA,LA.

Investigator remarks

L MAIN GEAR STRUCK COYOTE DRG LIFT-OFF AT CHANDL

Cause factors

84/C/3 C
MISCELLANEOUS ANIMAL(S) ON RUNWAY/TAXIWAY/RAMP Cause
88/K/94 K
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OVERLOAD FAILURE Joint factor

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 5 0037. Source file NTSB_1981_5_0037.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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