NTSB CAROL · Event
Event IAD78DID23
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
TEENIE TWO · N38929
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
C4
Operator type
D
Airport
NEW LONDON
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Aircraft history
Serial number
000005-10085
Total time
7 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
94
Age
44
Cause factors
- 64/A/22 A PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/J/31 J PILOT IN COMMAND LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT 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
3 2618.
Source file
NTSB_1978_3_2618.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
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