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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event FTW76AF004

1975-07-15 DALLAS, Texas, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N1480K

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

BEECH G18S

Year of manufacture

1961 · 14 years old at event

Engine

P&W R-985 SERIES (450 hp)

Seats / Engines

10 seats · 2 engines

Last airworthiness date

19611211

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A0C2CA

Registrant of record

THEBERGE JANE A

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N1480K Beech G18S 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 G18S · N1480K

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dusk

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — descent (EF)

Operator type

E

Airport

DFW REGIONAL

Kind of flying

CJ

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

080° / 4 kt

Temp

71° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

0000000BA601

Total time

7,289 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

3,544

Age

32

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

P.ROLLED TAIL-FIRST INTO DITCH NEXT TO RWY.

Investigator remarks

ACFT SWERVED.PLT UNLOCKED TAILWHL,CONT GROUNDLOO

Cause factors

64/C/79 C
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL Cause
68/K/H0 K
PERSONNEL IMPROPER MAINTENANCE-AIRPORT FACILITIES Joint factor
80/K/BY K
AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES OTHER 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 2625. Source file NTSB_1975_3_2625.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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