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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event IAD78DKM26

1978-09-27 FRANKLINVILLE, North Carolina, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N33BG

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

DASSAULT AVIATION FALCON 2000EX

Year of manufacture

2018

TCDS

A50NM · DASSAULT AVIATION

Engine

P&W CANADA PW308C

Seats / Engines

19 seats · 2 engines

Last airworthiness date

20190607

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A39396

Registrant of record

BOYD GAMING CORP

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N33BG STARDUSTER SA-100 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

STARDUSTER SA-100 · N33BG

Damage

Destroyed

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — level (EA)

Operator type

D

Airport

YORK

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

360° / 6 kt

Temp

70° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000000002

Total time

320 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

1,535

Age

39

Cause factors

68/C/D1 C
PERSONNEL IMPROPER MAINTENANCE (OWNER PERSONNEL) Cause
74/C/I0 C
POWERPLANT THROTTLE-POWER LEVER ASSEMBLIES Cause
88/C/BM C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS DISCONNECTED Cause
64/B/16 B
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED
64/K/31 K
PILOT IN COMMAND LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT 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 3 2795. Source file NTSB_1978_3_2795.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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