NTSB CAROL · Event
Event MKC70IK070
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
BOEING 747 · N603US
Damage
Minor
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
C
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
D0
Airport
SALINA
Weather at impact
Sky
BROKEN
Aircraft history
Serial number
Z
Pilot
Certificate
DA (DA)
Total hours
15,900
Age
46
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
ILED. ENG ACCESSORY COWLING SEPARATED. LND OK.
Investigator remarks
WELD IN NR 2 ENG DIFFUSER CASE BORESCOPE BOSS FA
Cause factors
- 74/A/N8 A POWERPLANT OTHER Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/A/95 A MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS MATERIAL FAILURE Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/A/AG A MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS POOR WELD Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/J/51 J MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FIRE IN ENGINE Joint cause
- 88/J/49 J MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS SEPARATION IN FLIGHT 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
4 0059.
Source file
NTSB_1970_4_0059.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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- arXiv 2022 · arXiv preprint
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- NASA NTRS 2021 · Poster
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- NASA NTRS 2019 · Other
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Dynamic stability characteristics of the combination space shuttle orbiter and ferry vehicle
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- Embry-Riddle Scholarly Commons 2015 · Journal article (IJAAA)
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