NTSB CAROL · Event
Event MKC80FA041
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 95-C55 · N7863L
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dusk
Weather
IMC
Phase of flight
ED
Operator type
Personal/private
Airport
SPIRIT OF ST LOUI
Kind of flying
DD
Weather at impact
Sky
OVERCAST
Temp
71° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
0000000TE220
Total time
4,364 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Flight instructor (CFI)
Total hours
1,172
Age
22
Investigator remarks
LCL ALTM SETTING 29.86.FND ALTM SET AT 30.18.
Cause factors
- 64/A/26 A PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER IFR OPERATION Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/A/01 A MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS ALTIMETER SETTING-INCORRECT Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 82/J/A J WEATHER LOW CEILING Joint cause
- 82/J/C J WEATHER FOG 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 1798.
Source file
NTSB_1980_3_1798.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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