NTSB CAROL · Event
Event MKC80DCD24
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
BEECH 76 · N6753D
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EE
Operator type
D
Airport
SIOUX CITY MUNI
Kind of flying
A0
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Wind
310° / 6 kt
Temp
78° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
0000000ME345
Total time
84 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Flight instructor (CFI)
Total hours
4,941
Age
33
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
OP LDG MADE.RETRACTED GR DRG GO-ARND.CFI LNDD ACFT
Investigator remarks
STDNT TOLD SE GO-AROUND WOULD BE ABORTED,FULL ST
Cause factors
- 64/A/29 A PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/J/85 J MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS SIMULATED CONDITIONS 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 1171.
Source file
NTSB_1980_3_1171.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
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