NTSB CAROL · Event
Event SEA74FYA03
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 B-26B · N5426E
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Takeoff — initial climb (C1)
Operator type
Part 135 (air taxi/commuter)
Kind of flying
CC
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Aircraft history
Serial number
000044-34146
Total time
3,633 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
6,000
Age
44
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
00RPM,PLT SHUT ENG DOWN.BOMB DOORS OPEN.DA 7920FT.
Investigator remarks
RING COWLING SEPD FRM ENG PRIOR TO LFTOFF.ENG 16
Cause factors
- 74/C/E0 C POWERPLANT COWLING Cause
- 88/C/29 C MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS IMPROPERLY SECURED Cause
- 64/B/81 B PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO ABORT TAKEOFF
- 64/B/21 B PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS
- 88/B/07 B MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS IMPROPER EMERGENCY PROCEDURES
- 82/K/W K WEATHER HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE Joint factor
- 88/K/24 K MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS JETTISONED LOAD Joint factor
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 2560.
Source file
NTSB_1973_3_2560.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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