NTSB CAROL · Event
Event CHI79DEE75
Registry · N3975B
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
BOEING E75N1
Year of manufacture
1942 · 37 years old at event
Engine
CONT MOTOR W670-6N (220 hp)
Seats / Engines
2 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
20241113
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A49FD3
Registrant of record
LINES CHARLES H
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
BOEING E-75N1 · N3975B
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
DK
Operator type
Part 135 (air taxi/commuter)
Kind of flying
CA
Weather at impact
Sky
UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
Aircraft history
Serial number
0000075-8331
Total time
3,950 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
607
Age
30
Investigator remarks
TIGHTENED TURN TO AVOID COLLISION W BLUFF.
Cause factors
- 64/A/16 A PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/J/28 J PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS 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 2240.
Source file
NTSB_1979_3_2240.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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