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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event FTW76DRA12

1975-09-15 BEAUMONT, Texas, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

N5441U Beech V35 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 V35 · N5441U

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

E

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — descent (EF)

Operator type

D

Airport

BEAUMONT MUNI

Kind of flying

B2

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

120° / 6 kt

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000D-8517

Total time

1,604 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

5,700

Age

55

Investigator remarks

ARPT CLOSED FOR NITE OPN,NOTAM IN EFFECT.

Cause factors

64/C/25 C
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER LEVEL OFF Cause
64/C/79 C
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL Cause
64/L/29 L
PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING
88/L/AP L
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS RUNWAY CLOSED
88/K/94 K
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OVERLOAD FAILURE 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 2822. Source file NTSB_1975_3_2822.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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