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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event DEN74AD050

1974-04-12 CHEYENNE, Wyoming, United States Minor 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N40K

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

PERTH AMBOY BIRD A

Engine

WRIGHT CURTISS OX5 (90 hp)

Seats / Engines

3 seats · 1 engine

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A4AB29

Registrant of record

GREENLEE MARYANN M

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N40K Beech E18S Minor

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 E18S · N40K

Damage

Destroyed

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dusk

Weather

IMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — descent (EF)

Operator type

E

Airport

CHEYENNE MUNI

Kind of flying

CJ

Weather at impact

Sky

OVERCAST

Wind

020° / 20 kt

Temp

33° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000BA-160

Total time

11,082 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

DA (DA)

Total hours

3,300

Age

27

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

ON GO-ARND.ACFT MAN-NO CROSSWIND LIMITS CHART.

Investigator remarks

NO EFFECTIVE BRAKING ON ROLLOUT,HIT POLE & TREES

Cause factors

80/C/BB C
AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES ICE/SLUSH ON RUNWAY Cause
88/C/92 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS HYDROPLANING ON WET RUNWAY Cause
64/B/07 B
PILOT IN COMMAND DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND
82/L/H L
WEATHER UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS
64/L/80 L
PILOT IN COMMAND SELECTED WRONG RUNWAY RELATIVE TO EXISTING WIND
83/K/I K
TERRAIN HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS Joint factor
88/K/88 K
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER 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 0841. Source file NTSB_1974_3_0841.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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