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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event FTW77FPA24

1977-08-04 HEBRON, Texas, United States Fatal 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N11KG

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

BEECH G36

Year of manufacture

2012

Engine

CONT MOTOR IO-550-B (300 hp)

Seats / Engines

6 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

20121204

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A02AC2

Registrant of record

ERICKSON MARINE AIRCRAFT LLC

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

GERSBACH SDWNDR · N11KG

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dusk

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — level (EA)

Operator type

D

Airport

AIRPARK

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000212100

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Age

35

Cause factors

  • 64/A/16 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED 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 2877. Source file NTSB_1977_3_2877.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.