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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event ANC79DAG64

1979-07-02 TALKEETNA, Alaska, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N233A

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

BEECH K35

Year of manufacture

1959 · 20 years old at event

Engine

CONT MOTOR I0-470 SERIES (260 hp)

Seats / Engines

5 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19590409

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A213A5

Registrant of record

SALE REPORTED

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N233A Beech K35 None

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 K35 · N233A

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EE

Operator type

D

Airport

TALKEETNA

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

130° / 5 kt

Temp

70° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

0000000D5921

Total time

3,030 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

2,945

Age

34

Investigator remarks

GEAR WARNING HORN INOP FOR PREVIOUS 35 HRS.

Cause factors

64/A/10 A
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO EXTEND LANDING GEAR Cause — pilot/personnel action
64/J/01 J
PILOT IN COMMAND ATTEMPTED OPERATION W/KNOWN DEFICIENCIES IN EQUIPMENT Joint cause
70/J/CL J
AIRFRAME LANDING GEAR WARNING AND INDICATING COMPONENTS Joint cause
88/J/BQ J
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS EXCESSIVE-WEAR/PLAY 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 2353. Source file NTSB_1979_3_2353.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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