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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event MKC80DA033

1980-05-03 COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa, United States Serious 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

N1089R Raven S55A Serious

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

RAVEN S55A · N1089R

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

D

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

C8

Operator type

Business

Kind of flying

DF

Weather at impact

Sky

BROKEN

Wind

140° / 6 kt

Temp

81° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000000280

Total time

140 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

205

Age

41

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

UST DEVILS IN AREA.

Investigator remarks

BALLOON.UPDRAFT BROKE LINES.HIT PWR POLE,BLDGS.D

Cause factors

82/A/M A
WEATHER DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS 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 1182. Source file NTSB_1980_3_1182.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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