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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event CHI73AC059

1972-12-21 BLOOMINTON, Illinois, United States Fatal 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N800G

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

GULFSTREAM AEROSPACE GVIII-G800

Year of manufacture

2022

Engine

ROLLS DEUT BR700-730B214

Seats / Engines

9 seats · 2 engines

Last airworthiness date

20250722

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S AAE273

Registrant of record

GULFSTREAM LEASING LLC

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 H18S · N800G

Damage

Destroyed

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

IMC

Phase of flight

ED

Operator type

Business

Airport

BLOOMINGTON

Kind of flying

B3

Weather at impact

Sky

OVERCAST

Wind

330° / 9 kt

Temp

32° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000BA-661

Total time

3,645 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

DA (DA)

Total hours

5,341

Age

31

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

OXIDE LEVEL 35 PCT FROM UNDET SOURCE.

Investigator remarks

KNOWN ICING COND.CIRCLING APCH TO LND.CARBON MON

Cause factors

  • 64/A/16 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 64/J/65 J
    PILOT IN COMMAND PHYSICAL IMPAIRMENT Joint cause
  • 88/J/74 J
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS AIRFRAME ICE Joint cause
  • 82/J/F J
    WEATHER ICING CONDITIONS-INCLUDES SLEET,FREEZING RAIN,ETC. Joint cause
  • 88/J/69 J
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING 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 4089. Source file NTSB_1972_3_4089.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.