NTSB CAROL · Event
Event IAD76DKM20
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
GREAT LAKES BABY · N1BL
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EJ
Operator type
D
Airport
AIR HARBOR
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Wind
250° / 10 kt
Temp
60° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
0000000864-B
Total time
109 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
366
Age
39
Investigator remarks
PLT MONITORING ENG INSTS.
Cause factors
- 64/A/08 A PILOT IN COMMAND DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/16 A PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED 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 3617.
Source file
NTSB_1975_3_3617.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
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