NTSB CAROL · Event
Event FTW66F0582
Registry · N985T
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
BEECH 35-33
Engine
CONT MOTOR I0-470 SERIES (260 hp)
Seats / Engines
4 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19600519
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S ADBF60
Registrant of record
SEGHETTI BRANT C
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
BEECHCRAFT 35-33 · N985T
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dusk
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EE
Operator type
Part 121 (air carrier)
Airport
LOVE FIELD
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Wind
040° / 10 kt
Temp
67° F
Aircraft history
Total time
1,576 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
450
Age
23
Investigator remarks
NIGHT OPERATION
Cause factors
- 64/A/10 A PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO EXTEND LANDING GEAR Cause — pilot/personnel action
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 0535.
Source file
NTSB_1966_3_0535.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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