NTSB CAROL · Event
Event FTW71FPG40
Registry · N211F
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
BEECH 95-B55 (T42A)
Year of manufacture
1963 · 8 years old at event
Engine
CONT MOTOR I0-470 SERIES (260 hp)
Seats / Engines
6 seats · 2 engines
Last airworthiness date
19631009
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A1BDB6
Registrant of record
STOLTZFUS CALVIN J
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 95-55 · N211F
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EE
Operator type
Business
Airport
RUSSELLVILLE
Kind of flying
B3
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000TC-514
Total time
2,790 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
DA (DA)
Total hours
14,500
Age
57
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
RETRACT AND EXTD ROD BENT.R AND NOSE GRS DWN,LOCKD
Investigator remarks
L UPLOCK ROLLER BEARING FROZEN P/N NAS-505-5J.L
Cause factors
- 68/A/D6 A PERSONNEL INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 70/A/CB A AIRFRAME NORMAL RETRACTION/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/A/80 A MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS LACK OF LUBRICATION-SPECIFIC PART,NOT SYSTEM Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/A/BA A MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS BINDING 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 0964.
Source file
NTSB_1971_3_0964.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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