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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event MKC81IA041

1981-07-01 ST.LOUIS, Missouri, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N8CA

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

CESSNA 208B

Engine

P&W CANADA PT6A-114A (675 hp)

Seats / Engines

12 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

20111227

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S AADD5E

Registrant of record

KAMAKA AIR LLC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N8CA Douglas DC-6B None

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

DOUGLAS DC-6B · N8CA

Damage

Minor

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

C

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

IMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — descent (EF)

Operator type

Public use

Airport

LAMBERT

Kind of flying

CY

Weather at impact

Sky

OVERCAST

Wind

080° / 6 kt

Temp

76° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000044102

Total time

47,048 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

DA (DA)

Total hours

17,792

Age

56

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

E WHL STEERING.NOSE WHL HIT BARRIER ABUTMENT.

Investigator remarks

AL HYD LN,539-1101-8-2700,FAILED.LOST BRAKES/NOS

Cause factors

75/A/BD A
SYSTEMS RESERVOIR,LINES,FITTINGS Cause — pilot/personnel action
88/A/95 A
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS MATERIAL FAILURE Cause — pilot/personnel action
88/A/38 A
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS HYDRAULIC FAILURE Cause — pilot/personnel action
80/J/BY J
AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES OTHER 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 5 0029. Source file NTSB_1981_5_0029.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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