NTSB CAROL · Event
Event MKC79FCA05
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
AERO COMDR 520 · N4180B
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dusk
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Cruise — descent (EF)
Operator type
D
Airport
ROLLA NATIONAL
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
Wind
120° / 15 kt
Temp
33° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000520-87
Total time
4,195 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
966
Age
27
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
P.WIND GUSTS TO 20KTS.
Investigator remarks
RWY 04 PLOWED 100' WIDE ON C/L.HEATER BLOWER INO
Cause factors
- 75/A/DC A SYSTEMS WINDSHIELD ANTI-ICING,DE-ICING SYSTEMS Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/A/95 A MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS MATERIAL FAILURE Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 80/J/BD J AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES SNOW WINDROWS Joint cause
- 88/J/75 J MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS ICE-WINDSHIELD Joint cause
- 82/J/F J WEATHER ICING CONDITIONS-INCLUDES SLEET,FREEZING RAIN,ETC. Joint cause
- 88/J/13 J MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS NOT ALIGNED WITH RUNWAY/INTENDED LANDING AREA 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 0106.
Source file
NTSB_1979_3_0106.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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