NTSB CAROL · Event
Event FTW74DPG08
Registry · N55065
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
BELLANCA 8KCAB
Year of manufacture
1978
Engine
LYCOMING AEIO-320 SER (160 hp)
Seats / Engines
2 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19780809
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A702B3
Registrant of record
LYNCH TIMOTHY B
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
BOEING A75 · N55065
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Cruise — descent (EF)
Operator type
D
Airport
CONWAY MUN
Kind of flying
DD
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Aircraft history
Serial number
00000075-238
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
697
Age
26
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
PE 2 HRS-1ST LND ATMPT.HIT DRAIN DITCH OFF RNWY.
Investigator remarks
OBS RPTD PLT HAD FOOT IN CAST.PLT TOT TIME IN TY
Cause factors
- 64/C/79 C PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL Cause
- 64/C/65 C PILOT IN COMMAND PHYSICAL IMPAIRMENT Cause
- 64/C/31 C PILOT IN COMMAND LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT Cause
- 64/L/22 L PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS
- 80/K/BJ K AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES HIDDEN HAZARD 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 1946.
Source file
NTSB_1973_3_1946.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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