NTSB CAROL · Event
Event UNK69X0118
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
DOUGLAS DC-4 · N3934C
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
D2
Operator type
D
Kind of flying
B2
Weather at impact
Sky
BROKEN
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000027243
Total time
44,706 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
ZA (ZA)
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
INVEST UNDER JURISDICTION OF GOVT OF NIGERIA.
Investigator remarks
HIT BY ANTI ACFT SHELL IN FUSELAGE.RET TO LAGOS.
Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket
6 0075.
Source file
NTSB_1969_6_0075.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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