NTSB CAROL · Event
Event UNK65X0247
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
MOONEY M-20A · N6063X
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dusk
Weather
IMC
Phase of flight
D9
Operator type
Personal/private
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
OVERCAST
Wind
180° / 4 kt
Temp
42° F
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
405
Age
37
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
ACIST.
Investigator remarks
RECOVERY DATE-10/12/64. PILOTS OCCUPATION PHARM
Cause factors
- 64/A/04 A PILOT IN COMMAND CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 82/J/A J WEATHER LOW CEILING Joint cause
- 64/1/29 1 PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Subordinate · 1
- 64/1/33 1 PILOT IN COMMAND EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT Subordinate · 1
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
2 0738.
Source file
NTSB_1964_2_0738.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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