NTSB CAROL · Event
Event MKC80FA029
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
CESSNA 210L · N2120S
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dusk
Weather
IMC
Phase of flight
D9
Operator type
Business
Kind of flying
B2
Weather at impact
Sky
BROKEN
Wind
310° / 18 kt
Aircraft history
Serial number
000210-61083
Total time
963 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
880
Age
58
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
NK.WND GUSTING 30KTS.
Investigator remarks
PLT TKOF W STUCK ALTM.ACFT CRASHED IN STEEP L BA
Cause factors
- 64/A/01 A PILOT IN COMMAND ATTEMPTED OPERATION W/KNOWN DEFICIENCIES IN EQUIPMENT Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/04 A PILOT IN COMMAND CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 66/A/66 A DUAL STUDENT Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 76/J/AA J INSTRUMENTS/EQUIPMENT AND ACCESSORIES ALTIMETERS Joint cause
- 88/J/CS J MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS STUCK Joint cause
- 82/J/A J WEATHER LOW CEILING Joint cause
- 82/J/C J WEATHER FOG Joint cause
- 82/J/D J WEATHER SNOW 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 0739.
Source file
NTSB_1980_3_0739.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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