NTSB CAROL · Event
Event CHI73DER06
Registry · N2352Y
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
BEECH 58
Year of manufacture
1998
Engine
CONT MOTOR IO-550 SERIES (300 hp)
Seats / Engines
6 seats · 2 engines
Last airworthiness date
19980904
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A21DC8
Registrant of record
MILTON JERRY D
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
CESSNA 177 · N2352Y
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Takeoff — initial climb (C1)
Operator type
D
Airport
BALDWIN
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
Wind
030° / 10 kt
Temp
58° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
000177-00152
Total time
1,492 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
420
Age
34
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
SLID INTO EMBANKMENT.
Investigator remarks
ACFT NOSE HI,UN CLR RAILROAD EMBANKMENT,ABORTED,
Cause factors
- 64/C/16 C PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED Cause
- 64/C/24 C PILOT IN COMMAND PREMATURE LIFT-OFF Cause
- 64/L/35 L PILOT IN COMMAND SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN
- 80/L/BL L AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES SOFT RUNWAY
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 1028.
Source file
NTSB_1973_3_1028.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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