NTSB CAROL · Event
Event IAD80FA007
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 MU-2F · N873Q
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dusk
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
ED
Operator type
D
Airport
NASHVILLE METRO
Kind of flying
B3
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000000160
Total time
7,013 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
1,498
Age
24
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
AUTO PLT FOUND ON,TRIM 10DEG NOSE DOWN.
Investigator remarks
PLTS SCHEDULED FOR 18-20 HR CREW TIME ROUTINELY.
Cause factors
- 65/C/48 C COPILOT Cause
- 64/C/30 C PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT Cause
- 88/L/03 L MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS CHECKLIST-FAILED TO USE
- 68/L/E5 L PERSONNEL DEFICIENCY,COMPANY MAINTAINED EQPMT,SERVICES,REGULATION
- 88/L/62 L MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS PILOT FATIGUE
- 82/L/C L WEATHER FOG
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 3668.
Source file
NTSB_1979_3_3668.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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