NTSB CAROL · Event
Event SEA72FYA03
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
CALLAIR A-9 · N7214V
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dusk
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
C0
Operator type
Part 135 (air taxi/commuter)
Airport
PARMA
Kind of flying
CB
Weather at impact
Sky
BROKEN
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000001251
Total time
1,220 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
3,730
Age
41
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
. HIT 2 FT UNLTD BARRIER AT END OF RWY.
Investigator remarks
ENG LOST PWR ON NITE T/O BEYOND SAFE ABORT POINT
Cause factors
- 74/C/KA C POWERPLANT POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS Cause
- 80/K/BY K AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES OTHER Joint factor
- 88/L/24 L MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS JETTISONED LOAD
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 2718.
Source file
NTSB_1971_3_2718.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
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