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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event CHI70FBM19

1970-05-20 MARCELLUS, Michigan, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N1852D

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

BEECH C35

Year of manufacture

1952 · 18 years old at event

Engine

CONT MOTOR E225 SERIES (225 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19560404

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A155E1

Registrant of record

EBERS HAROLD DEWAYNE

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 C-35 · N1852D

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

C4

Operator type

Personal/private

Airport

BAINBRIDGE FARM

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Temp

68° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000BE35-3114

Total time

3,113 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

799

Age

22

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

.

Investigator remarks

ATMTD T/O WITH PROP BLADES IN CRUISE PITCH ANGLE

Cause factors

  • 64/A/21 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 64/A/06 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND DELAYED ACTION IN ABORTING TAKEOFF 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 2178. Source file NTSB_1970_3_2178.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.