NTSB CAROL · Event
Event IAD78IA055
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
DASSAULT DA-20F · N16R
Damage
Minor
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
C
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
D3
Operator type
Business
Kind of flying
A2
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000000305
Total time
1,883 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
DA (DA)
Total hours
20,000
Age
52
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
G LIGHT & REPRESSURIZED.DOOR SEPD.
Investigator remarks
MAIN CABIN DOOR NOT LOCKED.CONTD FLT AFTR WARNIN
Cause factors
- 64/A/29 A PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/J/20 J PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. Joint cause
- 64/J/27 J PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING Joint cause
- 88/J/49 J MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS SEPARATION IN FLIGHT 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
5 0009.
Source file
NTSB_1978_5_0009.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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