NTSB CAROL · Event
Event CHI76FEE34
Registry · N10WE
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
BEECH B-60
Year of manufacture
1977
Seats / Engines
6 seats · 2 engines
Last airworthiness date
19770511
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A00454
Registrant of record
GEAR UP INC
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
SWEARINGEN SA26AT · N10WE
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EE
Operator type
Business
Airport
GREATER KANKAKEE
Kind of flying
DD
Weather at impact
Sky
BROKEN
Wind
350° / 12 kt
Temp
27° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
0000T-26-161
Total time
2,529 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
DA (DA)
Total hours
5,135
Age
47
Cause factors
- 64/A/10 A PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO EXTEND LANDING GEAR Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/J/31 J PILOT IN COMMAND LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT Joint cause
- 88/J/03 J MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS CHECKLIST-FAILED TO USE 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 4055.
Source file
NTSB_1975_3_4055.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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