NTSB CAROL · Event
Event SEA77FYE29
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
TAYLOR B8M · N65360
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
I
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Cruise — level (EA)
Operator type
D
Airport
SANDERSON FIELD
Kind of flying
B1
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Wind
240° / 5 kt
Aircraft history
Serial number
0001776-1976
Total time
22 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Airline transport
Total hours
22
Age
38
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
CPLD,MOVED INTO PROP ARC.M/R STRUCK RUDDER.
Investigator remarks
MCCULLOUGH 4318A ENGINE.PREROTATOR FLEX SHAFT UN
Cause factors
- 68/C/D6 C PERSONNEL INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION Cause
- 78/C/BY C ROTORCRAFT OTHER Cause
- 88/C/CB C MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS IMPROPERLY INSTALLED Cause
- 88/C/BM C MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS DISCONNECTED Cause
- 64/C/23 C PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS Cause
- 88/L/AD L MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS UNAPPROVED MODIFICATION
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 2902.
Source file
NTSB_1977_3_2902.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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