NTSB CAROL · Event
Event OAK72AP032
Registry · N8099U
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
AIR CREATION XP 11
Engine
BOMBARDIER ROTAX (ALL)
Seats / Engines
1 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
20060725
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S AB06F2
Registrant of record
WELSH LANSFORD K
Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).
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
DOUGLAS DC8-61 · N8099U
Damage
None
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dusk
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
A0
Airport
GENERAL LYMAN FLD
Weather at impact
Sky
BROKEN/LOWER SCATTERED
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000004066
Total time
9,611 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
DA (DA)
Total hours
24,950
Age
51
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
NCOORD EVAC INITD BY STWD OVRREACTG TO ENG TORCH
Investigator remarks
PSGR FELL FM SLIDE TWISTED BY JET EXHST.UNEC & U
Cause factors
- 68/A/R A PERSONNEL FLIGHT PERSONNEL Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 68/A/K4 A PERSONNEL PASSENGER Cause — pilot/personnel action
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
1 0024.
Source file
NTSB_1972_1_0024.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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