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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event CHI81DEM41

1981-08-29 MARSHALL, Michigan, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N6632L

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

BEECH C23

Engine

LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER (180 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19801128

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A8C207

Registrant of record

SOUTHERN AIRCRAFT CONSULTANCY INC TRUSTEE

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N6632L Beech B-23 None

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 B-23 · N6632L

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

E

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EE

Operator type

Personal/private

Airport

BROOKS

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

BROKEN

Wind

140° / 8 kt

Temp

68° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

0000000M2188

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

101

Age

39

Investigator remarks

COLLIDED WITH STEEL MARKER POLES AT END OF RWY.

Cause factors

64/C/46 C
PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED Cause
64/C/80 C
PILOT IN COMMAND SELECTED WRONG RUNWAY RELATIVE TO EXISTING WIND Cause
64/B/82 B
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO INITIATE GO-AROUND
64/L/31 L
PILOT IN COMMAND LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT
88/L/AQ L
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS DOWNWIND
88/K/DH K
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS RAN OFF END OF RUNWAY Joint factor

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 1943. Source file NTSB_1981_3_1943.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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