NTSB CAROL · Event
Event IAD75II005
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-34 · N1067U
Damage
Minor
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
C
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
D0
Operator type
E
Airport
WASHINGTON NATL
Kind of flying
CI
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Aircraft history
Serial number
0034-7250054
Pilot
Certificate
DA (DA)
Total hours
3,200
Age
26
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
T,BENT.ROD SLID THRU HOLE.LOCK PIN NOT IN PLACE.
Investigator remarks
BAGGAGE DOOR LATCH PLATE,FWD LATCH ROD ATTACHMEN
Cause factors
- 68/A/J2 A PERSONNEL POOR/INADEQUATE DESIGN Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 70/A/BF A AIRFRAME DOORS,DOOR FRAMES Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/A/95 A MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS MATERIAL FAILURE Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/J/49 J MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS SEPARATION IN FLIGHT 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
5 0024.
Source file
NTSB_1974_5_0024.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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