NTSB CAROL · Event
Event IAD80FA028
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
CESSNA 404 · N406EX
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dusk
Weather
IMC
Phase of flight
EE
Operator type
E
Airport
BLUE GRASS
Kind of flying
CJ
Weather at impact
Sky
OVERCAST
Wind
310° / 18 kt
Aircraft history
Serial number
000004040229
Total time
1,156 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
6,868
Age
54
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
T LIMIT.PATCHY SNOW ON RWY.
Investigator remarks
WND GUSTING 30KTS,CROSSWIND OCCASIONALLY ABV ACF
Cause factors
- 64/A/79 A PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 80/J/BC J AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES SNOW ON RUNWAY Joint cause
- 82/J/H J WEATHER UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS 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 0806.
Source file
NTSB_1980_3_0806.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
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