NTSB CAROL · Event
Event CHI66F0627
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 B-95 · N1117K
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Takeoff — initial climb (C1)
Operator type
D
Airport
KURANZ
Kind of flying
B2
Weather at impact
Sky
BROKEN
Wind
190° / 5 kt
Temp
46° F
Aircraft history
Total time
877 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
DA (DA)
Total hours
3,210
Age
44
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
ELOW VMC WITH GEAR,FLAPS DOWN WHEN LEFT ENG FAILED
Investigator remarks
MADE SHORT FIELD TAKEOFF.WAS AT 75 FT CLIMBING,B
Cause factors
- 74/C/KA C POWERPLANT POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS Cause
- 64/K/20 K PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. Joint factor
- 74/1/CI 1 POWERPLANT FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM Subordinate · 1
- 88/1/95 1 MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS MATERIAL FAILURE 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 1362.
Source file
NTSB_1966_3_1362.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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