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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event CHI82FET03

1981-12-26 DOWAGIAC, Michigan, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N2BB

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

BEECH 95-B55 (T42A)

Year of manufacture

1972 · 9 years old at event

Engine

CONT MOTOR I0-470 SERIES (260 hp)

Seats / Engines

6 seats · 2 engines

Last airworthiness date

19720601

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A18D6C

Registrant of record

LOWRY AIR LLC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N2BB Beech 95-B55 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 95-B55 · N2BB

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dusk

Weather

IMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — descent (EF)

Operator type

D

Airport

CASS COUNTY MEM

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED

Wind

150° / 6 kt

Temp

35° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000TC1447

Total time

2,083 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

1,477

Age

45

Cause factors

64/C/79 C
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL Cause
80/L/BB L
AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES ICE/SLUSH ON RUNWAY
80/L/BD L
AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES SNOW WINDROWS
82/L/H L
WEATHER UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS
88/L/AQ L
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS DOWNWIND

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 3114. Source file NTSB_1981_3_3114.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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