NTSB CAROL · Event
Event OAK74DVG61
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
FAIRCHILD PT-23 · N62240
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EE
Operator type
Part 91 (general aviation)
Airport
LINCOLN
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET
Wind
270° / 12 kt
Temp
70° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
00000000FE34
Total time
1,498 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
1,580
Age
49
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
AVAIL.
Investigator remarks
LND IN DIR L X-WIND. OTR RWY WITH 30 DEG X-WIND
Cause factors
- 64/A/25 A PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER LEVEL OFF Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/J/22 J MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS POORLY PLANNED APPROACH Joint cause
- 64/J/80 J PILOT IN COMMAND SELECTED WRONG RUNWAY RELATIVE TO EXISTING WIND Joint cause
- 82/J/M J WEATHER DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS Joint cause
- 82/J/H J WEATHER UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS 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 1569.
Source file
NTSB_1974_3_1569.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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