NTSB CAROL · Event
Event FTW79FRG21
Registry · N95DB
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
BEECH V35B
Year of manufacture
1979 · 0 years old at event
Engine
CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES (285 hp)
Seats / Engines
6 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19790409
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S AD329B
Registrant of record
BLANKENBEKER EDWARD D
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
VARIEZE 1 · N95DB
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
D9
Operator type
D
Airport
TIMS AIRPARK
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Wind
290° / 13 kt
Temp
80° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000001003
Total time
75 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Flight instructor (CFI)
Total hours
3,450
Age
26
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
AD ON CANOPY LOCKS.
Investigator remarks
CG .21IN AFT OF REAR LIMIT.NO EVIDENCE OF OVERLO
Cause factors
- 64/A/29 A PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/31 A PILOT IN COMMAND LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/J/76 J MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS IMPROPERLY LOADED AIRCRAFT-WEIGHT-AND/OR C.G. Joint cause
- 70/J/BH J AIRFRAME WINDSHIELDS,WINDOWS,CANOPIES Joint cause
- 88/J/29 J MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS IMPROPERLY SECURED Joint cause
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 0436.
Source file
NTSB_1979_3_0436.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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