NTSB CAROL · Event
Event CHI72FEE03
Registry · N721K
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
GULFSTREAM AEROSPACE GVIII-G700
Year of manufacture
2025
Engine
ROLLS DEUT BR700-730B214
Seats / Engines
9 seats · 2 engines
Last airworthiness date
20250415
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A9A824
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 65-90 · N721K
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EE
Operator type
Business
Airport
GREATER ROCKFORD
Kind of flying
B3
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Wind
330° / 4 kt
Aircraft history
Serial number
0000000LJ-43
Total time
4,284 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
GA (GA)
Total hours
4,350
Age
31
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
SSEMBLY FAILED,ALLOWED DOWEL PINS TO JAM ACTUATOR.
Investigator remarks
LND WITH R GR PARTIALLY EXTENDED. BRAZE IN NUT A
Cause factors
- 70/A/CB A AIRFRAME NORMAL RETRACTION/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 70/A/CC A AIRFRAME EMERGENCY/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/A/95 A MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS MATERIAL FAILURE Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/J/AH J MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS PREVIOUS DAMAGE 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 1190.
Source file
NTSB_1971_3_1190.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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