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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event IAD78DA113

1978-09-20 ST LOUIS, Missouri, United States Serious 1 aircraft Status: Completed

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

BOEING 707 · N7573A

Damage

None

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dusk

Weather

IMC

Phase of flight

D0

Weather at impact

Sky

UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000019323

Pilot

Certificate

DA (DA)

Total hours

14,250

Age

50

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

NO SMOKING SIGN OFF.F/A IN AFT GALLEY INJURED.

Investigator remarks

CLIMBING THRU CUMULUS CLOUDS IN DARKNESS,TURNED

Cause factors

  • 64/A/27 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 88/A/06 A
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS DISREGARD OF GOOD OPERATING PRACTICE Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 82/A/L A
    WEATHER TURBULENCE, ASSOCIATED W/CLOUDS AND/OR THUNDERSTORMS Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 68/A/R0 A
    PERSONNEL FLIGHT ATTENDANT Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 88/A/12 A
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS SEAT BELT NOT FASTENED Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 88/J/CZ J
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS SEAT BELT SIGN ON 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 1 0016. Source file NTSB_1978_1_0016.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.