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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event FTW78DRA33

1978-07-18 BEASLEY, Texas, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N8817Q

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

RANS S-2R

Year of manufacture

1970 · 8 years old at event

Engine

P&W PT6 SERIES (500 hp)

Seats / Engines

1 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19780327

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S AC24E8

Registrant of record

RUHE SALES LLC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N8817Q AERO-COMDR S-2R 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

AERO-COMDR S-2R · N8817Q

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EB

Operator type

Part 135 (air taxi/commuter)

Airport

JACK WENDT

Kind of flying

CB

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Temp

80° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

00000001617R

Total time

3,300 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

2,779

Age

24

Investigator remarks

COLLIDED WITH LOADING EQUIPMENT.

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 1380. Source file NTSB_1978_3_1380.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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