NTSB CAROL · Event
Event CHI74AC029
Registry · N8MW
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
BEECH V35B
Year of manufacture
1976
Engine
CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES (285 hp)
Seats / Engines
6 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19760924
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S AADE53
Registrant of record
HECKLER GARY C
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
AEROSTAR 601 · N8MW
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Day
Weather
IMC
Phase of flight
D9
Operator type
E
Airport
MIEGS FIELD
Kind of flying
CJ
Weather at impact
Sky
BROKEN
Wind
230° / 6 kt
Temp
65° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
0000061-0029
Total time
3,020 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
GA (GA)
Total hours
6,067
Age
38
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
G.ENTRD WATER ABT 1 1/2 MI NE OF ARPT.
Investigator remarks
SIGHTED FLD CNCLD IFR.WX DETERIORATED 2MI VIS FO
Cause factors
- 64/A/27 A PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/04 A PILOT IN COMMAND CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/66 A PILOT IN COMMAND SPATIAL DISORIENTATION Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 82/J/C J WEATHER FOG Joint cause
- 88/J/88 J MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER 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 3953.
Source file
NTSB_1973_3_3953.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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