NTSB CAROL · Event
Event MIA71AM113
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
HAM-FLUGZEU HFB320 · N380EX
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
D0
Operator type
E
Kind of flying
CI
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000001036
Total time
1,260 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
GA (GA)
Total hours
13,000
Age
39
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
EN.MFG USING MOD LOCK MECH ON RECENTLY BUILT ACFT.
Investigator remarks
ALT 6000FT CABIN PRES 2.5PSI,PLTS WINDOW BLEW OP
Cause factors
- 68/A/J6 A PERSONNEL OTHER Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 65/1/20 1 COPILOT Subordinate · 1
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 0407.
Source file
NTSB_1971_3_0407.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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