NTSB CAROL · Event
Event MIA79FLD98
Registry · N111DC
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
AIRBUS A321-211
Year of manufacture
2021
TCDS
A28NM · AIRBUS SAS
Engine
CFM INTL CFM56-5B3/3
Seats / Engines
199 seats · 2 engines
Last airworthiness date
20210119
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A03038
Registrant of record
DELTA AIR LINES INC
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
HAM-FLUGZEU HFB320 · N111DC
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
D0
Operator type
Business
Kind of flying
B2
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000010-30
Total time
1,960 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
6,096
Age
49
Investigator remarks
PILOTS SIDE WINDOW OPENED INFLIGHT.
Cause factors
- 68/A/D6 A PERSONNEL INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 70/A/BH A AIRFRAME WINDSHIELDS,WINDOWS,CANOPIES Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/A/47 A MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS IMPROPER ALIGNMENT/ADJUSTMENT Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/J/35 J MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS EXPLOSIVE DECOMPRESSION 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 2707.
Source file
NTSB_1979_3_2707.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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