NTSB CAROL · Event
Event MKC81FA037
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 210N · N7317A
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
D1
Operator type
Business
Airport
EXECUTIVE
Kind of flying
B2
Weather at impact
Sky
BROKEN
Wind
190° / 8 kt
Temp
80° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
000210-63560
Total time
820 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
1,415
Age
43
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
& BULKHEAD MISSING.10AMP C/B FOUND CLOSED.
Investigator remarks
PORTION OF ANTI-CHAFING PAD BETWEEN WIRE BUNDLE
Cause factors
- 75/A/AJ A SYSTEMS RELAYS AND WIRING Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/A/90 A MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS MISSING Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/A/BG A MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS CHAFED Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 75/A/AM A SYSTEMS PROTECTIVE DEVICES Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/A/BX A MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS GROUNDED Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/A/50 A MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FIRE IN CABIN,COCKPIT,BAGGAGE COMPARTMENT Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 84/J/E J MISCELLANEOUS SMOKE IN COCKPIT 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 1082.
Source file
NTSB_1981_3_1082.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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