NTSB CAROL · Event
Event SEA68D0218
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
AERO COMDR 520 · N2625B
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Night
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Cruise — descent (EF)
Operator type
Business
Kind of flying
B2
Weather at impact
Sky
SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET
Temp
43° F
Aircraft history
Total time
6,231 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
1,934
Age
37
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
ALLEY SURROUNDED BY MTS,IN SNOW.SLID OFF ICY ROAD.
Investigator remarks
PLT DESCENDED THROUGH OPENING IN OVERCAST INTO V
Cause factors
- 64/C/27 C PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING Cause
- 64/C/35 C PILOT IN COMMAND SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN Cause
- 64/C/04 C PILOT IN COMMAND CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS Cause
- 83/C/C C TERRAIN ICY Cause
- 82/L/D L WEATHER SNOW
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 4503.
Source file
NTSB_1967_3_4503.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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