NTSB CAROL · Event
Event CHI79FEI35
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
BEECH 95-C55 · N5740V
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dusk
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
B1
Operator type
E
Airport
BURKE LAKEFRONT
Kind of flying
CJ
Weather at impact
Sky
UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
Wind
230° / 10 kt
Aircraft history
Serial number
0000000TE103
Total time
5,346 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
GA (GA)
Total hours
2,595
Age
25
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
EE OTHER ACFT ON WET,UNLIT RAMP W WET WINDSHIELD.
Investigator remarks
PIPER PA-28,N3978T,RCVD SUBSTANTIAL DMG,DIDN'T S
Cause factors
- 64/A/38 A PILOT IN COMMAND TAXIED/PARKED WITHOUT PROPER ASSISTANCE Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/14 A PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OTHER AIRCRAFT Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 82/J/B J WEATHER RAIN Joint cause
- 80/J/BN J AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES WET RAMP/TAXIWAY 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 1733.
Source file
NTSB_1979_3_1733.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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