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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event MIA79FKJ39

1979-05-25 ALEXANDER CITY, Alabama, United States Minor 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

N29093 Cessna TU206C Minor

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 TU206C · N29093

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dusk

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — level (EA)

Operator type

D

Airport

RUSSELL

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Aircraft history

Serial number

000U206-1066

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

200

Age

44

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

MIDDLE OF RWY AND FLIPPED OVER BEYOND RWY END.

Investigator remarks

NO 4 CYL FAILED DUE UNDET REASON-ACFT LANDED IN

Cause factors

74/C/AD C
POWERPLANT CYLINDER ASSEMBLY Cause
88/C/95 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS MATERIAL FAILURE Cause
88/K/DH K
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS RAN OFF END OF RUNWAY Joint factor

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 2535. Source file NTSB_1979_3_2535.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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