NTSB CAROL · Event
Event MKC79FA035
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
DEHAVILLAND DH 104 · N906MW
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
E
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Cruise — descent (EF)
Operator type
E
Airport
LAMBERT
Kind of flying
CJ
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000004449
Total time
8,629 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
GA (GA)
Total hours
4,032
Age
27
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
ED THROUGH.
Investigator remarks
PNEUMATIC LINE TO DOWN PORT ON NLG ACTUATOR CHAF
Cause factors
- 68/A/D0 A PERSONNEL IMPROPER MAINTENANCE (MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL) Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 70/A/CB A AIRFRAME NORMAL RETRACTION/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/A/CB A MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS IMPROPERLY INSTALLED Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/A/BG A MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS CHAFED Cause — pilot/personnel action
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 1045.
Source file
NTSB_1979_3_1045.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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