NTSB CAROL · Event
Event SEA78DYM44
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
MAULE M5220C · N62014
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EJ
Operator type
Business
Airport
NO NAME
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET
Wind
020° / 5 kt
Temp
55° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
00000005044C
Total time
220 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
2,057
Age
44
Investigator remarks
LET DOWN 5500FT TO CANYON STRIP & OVERSHOT APCH.
Cause factors
- 64/C/21 C PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS Cause
- 88/C/34 C MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS ENGINE LOADED UP Cause
- 64/K/46 K PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED Joint factor
- 83/K/I K TERRAIN HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS 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 2403.
Source file
NTSB_1978_3_2403.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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