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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event FTW68F0387

1967-11-12 BEAUMONT, Texas, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N8358D

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

BEECH J35

Year of manufacture

1958 · 9 years old at event

TCDS

3A15 · BEECH AIRCRAFT CORP NKA TEXTRON AVIATION INC

Engine

CONT MOTOR I0-470 SERIES (260 hp)

Seats / Engines

5 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19580321

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S AB6E61

Registrant of record

ASKELSON ELDON L

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N8358D Beech J35 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

BEECH J35 · N8358D

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dusk

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Takeoff — initial climb (C1)

Operator type

D

Airport

JEFFERSON COUNTY

Kind of flying

DD

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Temp

65° F

Aircraft history

Total time

1,175 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Flight instructor (CFI)

Total hours

800

Age

23

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

MGCY GR EXTENSION.

Investigator remarks

TOOK OFF WITH DEAD BATTERY.INADEQUATE TIME FOR E

Cause factors

74/C/KA C
POWERPLANT POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS Cause
64/B/01 B
PILOT IN COMMAND ATTEMPTED OPERATION W/KNOWN DEFICIENCIES IN EQUIPMENT
88/B/33 B
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS ELECTRICAL FAILURE
70/B/CB B
AIRFRAME NORMAL RETRACTION/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY

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 4758. Source file NTSB_1967_3_4758.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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