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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event MKC81FA014

1981-01-21 SPRINGFIELD, Missouri, United States Fatal 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

N222FQ AERO COMDR 500S Fatal

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 500S · N222FQ

Damage

Destroyed

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dusk

Weather

IMC

Phase of flight

ED

Operator type

E

Airport

SPRINGFIELD RGNL

Kind of flying

CJ

Weather at impact

Sky

OBSCURATION

Wind

350° / 7 kt

Temp

34° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000001795

Total time

3,937 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

GA (GA)

Total hours

12,033

Age

42

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

& WORKED DRNG DAY BFR DEPARTING ON 4HR FLT.

Investigator remarks

WITNESS STATED PLT GOT UP AT 0800HRS ON 1/20/80

Cause factors

64/A/26 A
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER IFR OPERATION Cause — pilot/personnel action
88/J/62 J
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS PILOT FATIGUE 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 0468. Source file NTSB_1981_3_0468.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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