NTSB CAROL · Event
Event UNK65X0568
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
STINSON 10 · N26216
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dusk
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EB
Operator type
D
Airport
BIG BEAVER
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Aircraft history
Total time
2,365 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
480
Age
53
Investigator remarks
PILOT ATTEMPTED NIGT LANDING ON UNLIGHTED AIRPRT
Cause factors
- 88/A/13 A MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS NOT ALIGNED WITH RUNWAY/INTENDED LANDING AREA Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/1/67 1 MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS ALCOHOLIC IMPAIRMENT OF EFFICIENCY AND 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
3 3408.
Source file
NTSB_1964_3_3408.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
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