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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event DEN73DTM13

1972-12-04 CEDAR CITY, Utah, United States Minor 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N6645B

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

BEECH A36

Year of manufacture

1984

Seats / Engines

6 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19840315

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A8C61E

Registrant of record

S&D PRODUCTIONS

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

CESSNA 310B · N6645B

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

IMC

Phase of flight

DC

Operator type

Business

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

OBSCURATION

Wind

340° / 15 kt

Temp

33° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000035745

Total time

2,806 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Flight instructor (CFI)

Total hours

2,624

Age

51

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

NG/DE-ICING EQUIP NOT INSTALLED.

Investigator remarks

ENCOUNTERED HEAVY ICING.UN MAINTAIN ALT.ANTI-ICI

Cause factors

  • 64/A/01 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND ATTEMPTED OPERATION W/KNOWN DEFICIENCIES IN EQUIPMENT Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 64/A/27 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 64/J/29 J
    PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Joint cause
  • 82/J/A J
    WEATHER LOW CEILING Joint cause
  • 82/J/D J
    WEATHER SNOW Joint cause
  • 82/J/F J
    WEATHER ICING CONDITIONS-INCLUDES SLEET,FREEZING RAIN,ETC. Joint cause
  • 88/J/74 J
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS AIRFRAME ICE Joint cause
  • 83/J/I J
    TERRAIN HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS 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 3829. Source file NTSB_1972_3_3829.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.