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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event DEN70FXA07

1970-03-22 WHEATLAND, Wyoming, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N22BR

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

BEECH H-18

Year of manufacture

1965 · 5 years old at event

Engine

P&W R-985 SERIES (450 hp)

Seats / Engines

11 seats · 2 engines

Last airworthiness date

19650714

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A1DED1

Registrant of record

DAKOTA EXPRESS LLC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N22BR AERO COMDR 680FLP 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

AERO COMDR 680FLP · N22BR

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

C0

Operator type

Business

Airport

TWO BAR RANCH

Kind of flying

B3

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

225° / 8 kt

Temp

20° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000001503-18

Total time

2,053 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Flight instructor (CFI)

Total hours

5,930

Age

32

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

IVATE STRIP.

Investigator remarks

PLT CKD RWY 18 HRS BEFORE T/O. SNOW DRIFTS ON PR

Cause factors

64/C/29 C
PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Cause
64/C/35 C
PILOT IN COMMAND SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN Cause
80/L/BC L
AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES SNOW ON RUNWAY
88/K/94 K
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OVERLOAD FAILURE 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 1339. Source file NTSB_1970_3_1339.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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