NTSB CAROL · Event
Event MKC74AK012
Registry · N40LB
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
DASSAULT AVIATION FALCON 900EX
Year of manufacture
2013
Engine
HONEYWELL TFE731-60
Seats / Engines
21 seats · 3 engines
Last airworthiness date
20131023
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A4AB44
Registrant of record
FIRST PREMIER CORP
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
GATES LEAR 25 · N40LB
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
IMC
Phase of flight
Takeoff — initial climb (C1)
Operator type
Personal/private
Airport
LINCOLN MUNI
Kind of flying
CI
Weather at impact
Sky
OBSCURATION
Wind
140° / 3 kt
Temp
56° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
00000025-009
Pilot
Certificate
DA (DA)
Total hours
2,690
Age
44
Investigator remarks
PLT RATED IN MODEL PREVIOUS DAY.
Cause factors
- 64/A/29 A PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/A/05 A MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS CREW COORDINATION-POOR Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 82/J/A J WEATHER LOW CEILING Joint cause
- 82/J/C J WEATHER FOG 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 3965.
Source file
NTSB_1973_3_3965.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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