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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event FTW78FQG32

1978-06-07 AMARILLO, Texas, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

N9256S Beech C23 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 C23 · N9256S

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

C0

Operator type

Part 121 (air carrier)

Airport

TRADEWINDS

Kind of flying

A3

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Temp

58° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000M-1752

Total time

1,375 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Airline transport

Total hours

35

Age

30

Investigator remarks

FULL NOSE DOWN TRIM.

Cause factors

64/C/29 C
PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Cause
88/C/56 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS INCORRECT TRIM SETTING Cause
64/L/31 L
PILOT IN COMMAND LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT
88/K/94 K
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OVERLOAD FAILURE Joint factor
88/3/AW 3
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FEMALE PILOT Subordinate · 3

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 0748. Source file NTSB_1978_3_0748.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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