NTSB CAROL · Event
Event CHI75FET09
Registry · N22AJ
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
BEECH B-60
Year of manufacture
1977
Engine
LYCOMING TI0-541 SER (310 hp)
Seats / Engines
6 seats · 2 engines
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A1DEB1
Registrant of record
BRANCHE GREGORY A
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
SIDEWINDER SMYTH · N22AJ
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Cruise climb (DB)
Operator type
D
Kind of flying
DB
Weather at impact
Sky
UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
Wind
300° / 5 kt
Temp
64° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000212206
Total time
20 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Flight instructor (CFI)
Total hours
1,810
Age
28
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
AFTR STEEP PULL-UP PRIOR TO SPIRAL.
Investigator remarks
OBSVD,LOW PASS THEN ACFT CLBD TO ABT 1000FT AGL
Cause factors
- 64/A/23 A PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/16 A PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/J/14 J MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING 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 3387.
Source file
NTSB_1974_3_3387.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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