NTSB CAROL · Event
Event ANC78DAD08
Registry · N2658B
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
BEECH F33A
Year of manufacture
1986
Engine
CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES (285 hp)
Seats / Engines
5 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19860710
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A29502
Registrant of record
BROWNING FRANK W
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
AERO COMDR 560 · N2658B
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
C0
Operator type
Business
Airport
ITALIO RVR STRIP
Kind of flying
B9
Weather at impact
Sky
SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000000158
Total time
3,800 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
4,000
Age
47
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
00LBS FISH REMOVED BFR INVESTIGATION STARTED.
Investigator remarks
A/C RAN OFF END OF SAND BAR INTO RIVER.APPROX 14
Cause factors
- 64/A/29 A PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/35 A PILOT IN COMMAND SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/81 A PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO ABORT TAKEOFF Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 83/J/A J TERRAIN WET,SOFT GROUND Joint cause
- 83/J/K J TERRAIN SANDY Joint cause
- 88/J/88 J MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER Joint cause
- 88/J/DH J MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS RAN OFF END OF RUNWAY 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 3056.
Source file
NTSB_1978_3_3056.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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