NTSB CAROL · Event
Event IAD78FA034
Registry · N44KS
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
SAAB-SCANIA SF340A
Year of manufacture
1986
Engine
GE CT7-5A2 (1735 hp)
Seats / Engines
37 seats · 2 engines
Last airworthiness date
19860618
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A54936
Registrant of record
GO VECTOR ONE LLC
Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).
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
MITSUBISHI MU2-J · N44KS
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
IMC
Phase of flight
EE
Operator type
Business
Airport
CUMBERLAND MUNI
Kind of flying
B3
Weather at impact
Sky
OVERCAST
Temp
24° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000000647
Total time
2,543 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
DA (DA)
Total hours
13,851
Age
38
Cause factors
- 64/C/25 C PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER LEVEL OFF Cause
- 64/B/82 B PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO INITIATE GO-AROUND
- 88/L/13 L MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS NOT ALIGNED WITH RUNWAY/INTENDED LANDING AREA
- 88/L/BC L MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS BRITTLE
- 82/L/D L WEATHER SNOW
- 82/L/D L WEATHER SNOW
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 0042.
Source file
NTSB_1978_3_0042.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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