NTSB CAROL · Event
Event LAX81IA003
Registry · N1821U
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
BOMBARDIER INC CL-600-2B16(CL-604)
Year of manufacture
2001
Engine
GE CF34-3B
Seats / Engines
22 seats · 2 engines
Last airworthiness date
20140326
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A14AA8
Registrant of record
BANK OF UTAH TRUSTEE
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
DOUGLAS DC-10 · N1821U
Damage
None
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
C
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
D0
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000046613
Total time
26,035 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
DA (DA)
Total hours
19,938
Age
56
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
AFT CAPT BCM INCAPACITATED.
Investigator remarks
1ST & 2ND OFFICERS LNDG ACFT WO FURTHER INCIDENT
Cause factors
- 64/A/64 A PILOT IN COMMAND INCAPACITATION Cause — pilot/personnel action
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
4 0021.
Source file
NTSB_1981_4_0021.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
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