NTSB CAROL · Event
Event MKC76DTG20
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
CALLAIR A9B · N2851F
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
DF
Operator type
D
Kind of flying
CA
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Wind
260° / 12 kt
Temp
82° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000001367
Total time
1,192 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
4,136
Age
25
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
PWR LINES AND TREES.
Investigator remarks
STALL RECOVERY COMPLICATED BY CLOSE PROXIMITY TO
Cause factors
- 64/A/16 A PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 83/J/I J TERRAIN HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS 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 2378.
Source file
NTSB_1976_3_2378.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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