NTSB CAROL · Event
Event SEA78FA062
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
AERO COMDR 500B · N6112X
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dusk
Weather
IMC
Phase of flight
ED
Operator type
E
Airport
GREAT FALLS INTL
Kind of flying
CJ
Weather at impact
Sky
OVERCAST/LOWER SCATTERED
Wind
300° / 4 kt
Temp
59° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000963-18
Total time
10,610 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Flight instructor (CFI)
Total hours
3,166
Age
27
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
SCENT RATE,DESCENDED BELOW MINS.
Investigator remarks
FAILED TO ESTAB ON APP CS,EXCESS SPEED,EXCESS DE
Cause factors
- 64/A/26 A PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER IFR OPERATION Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 82/J/C J WEATHER FOG 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 2838.
Source file
NTSB_1978_3_2838.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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