NTSB CAROL · Event
Event ANC72DAG37
Registry · N6054N
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
BEECH B23
Year of manufacture
1968 · 3 years old at event
Engine
LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER (180 hp)
Seats / Engines
4 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19680926
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A7DCC3
Registrant of record
PEES PHILIP G
Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).
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
BEECH B23 · N6054N
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
C0
Operator type
D
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
Aircraft history
Serial number
0000000M1161
Total time
520 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
DA (DA)
Total hours
3,500
Age
38
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
AREA. HAD USED THIS AREA PREVIOUSLY.
Investigator remarks
HIT GRASS AND SAND HUMMOCK ON OTHERWISE SUITABLE
Cause factors
- 64/A/29 A PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/15 A PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 83/A/Y A TERRAIN OTHER Cause — pilot/personnel action
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 3232.
Source file
NTSB_1971_3_3232.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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