NTSB CAROL · Event
Event SEA78DYK10
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
ALON A-2 · N6523Q
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Cruise — descent (EF)
Operator type
D
Airport
CHRISTMAS VALLEY
Kind of flying
DD
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Wind
180° / 5 kt
Temp
40° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
00000000A123
Total time
612 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
490
Age
46
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
OSE STEERING BALL END FAILED. MOD KIT AVAIL,UNUSED
Investigator remarks
75 FT WIDE RUNWAY,BORDERED BY BRUSH,ROCKS,ETC. N
Cause factors
- 68/A/D1 A PERSONNEL IMPROPER MAINTENANCE (OWNER PERSONNEL) Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 70/A/CP A AIRFRAME NOSEWHEEL STEERING Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/A/95 A MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS MATERIAL FAILURE Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 80/J/BY J AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES OTHER 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 0249.
Source file
NTSB_1978_3_0249.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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