NTSB CAROL · Event
Event OAK79FA005
Registry · N37DH
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
VAN'S AIRCRAFT RV-4
Year of manufacture
1991
Seats / Engines
2 seats · 1 engine
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A431C5
Registrant of record
HUIATT JEFFREY N
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
LEAR JET 24D · N37DH
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
C0
Operator type
Part 121 (air carrier)
Airport
MCCARRAN INTL
Kind of flying
A2
Weather at impact
Sky
BROKEN
Wind
090° / 3 kt
Temp
70° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000000231
Total time
3,043 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
DA (DA)
Total hours
3,800
Age
37
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
ENG CUT PRIOR TO FLT.
Investigator remarks
PREM ROTATION AFT V1 ENG CUT.PIC HAD ONLY ONE Y1
Cause factors
- 64/A/20 A PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 67/A/30 A CHECK PILOT Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 68/J/E0 J PERSONNEL INADEQUATE FLIGHT TRAINING-PROCEDURES Joint cause
- 88/J/85 J MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS SIMULATED 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 3918.
Source file
NTSB_1978_3_3918.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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