NTSB CAROL · Event
Event FTW67F0078
Registry · N8796M
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
BEECH A23
Year of manufacture
1964 · 2 years old at event
Engine
CONT MOTOR IO-346 SERIES (165 hp)
Seats / Engines
4 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19640924
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S AC1AFB
Registrant of record
KAVANAY DAVID W
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
BEECH A23 · N8796M
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Cruise — descent (EF)
Operator type
D
Airport
PEARLAND
Kind of flying
B1
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Wind
180° / 5 kt
Temp
79° F
Aircraft history
Total time
824 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Airline transport
Total hours
51
Age
22
Cause factors
- 64/C/46 C PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED 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 1862.
Source file
NTSB_1966_3_1862.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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- arXiv 2023 · arXiv preprint
Large-eddy simulations of the NACA23012 airfoil with laser-scanned ice shapes
In this study, five ice shapes generated at NASA Glenn's Icing Research Tunnel (IRT) are simulated at multiple angles of attack (Broeren et al., J. of Aircraft, 2018).
- arXiv 2025 · arXiv preprint
Transonic buffet and incompressible low-frequency oscillations at high Reynolds numbers
Coherent, self-sustained oscillations of the flow over aircraft wings can lead to unsteady loads that detrimentally affect aircraft safety and stability, thus limiting the flight envelope.
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