NTSB CAROL · Event
Event FTW81FRG22
Registry · N711SL
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
BEECH F33A
Year of manufacture
1978 · 3 years old at event
Engine
CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES (285 hp)
Seats / Engines
5 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19780320
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A9815F
Registrant of record
ABC LEASING INC
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
SWEARINGEN SA26AT · N711SL
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Night
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EE
Operator type
Business
Airport
ROBERT MUELLER
Kind of flying
B3
Weather at impact
Sky
SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET
Wind
270° / 14 kt
Temp
74° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000000129
Total time
4,448 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
GA (GA)
Total hours
7,136
Age
50
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
IND GUSTING 20K.
Investigator remarks
PLT CHANGED RWY DRG PRE-LDG CHECKLIST SEQUENCE.W
Cause factors
- 64/A/10 A PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO EXTEND LANDING GEAR Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 82/J/H J WEATHER UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS 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 0088.
Source file
NTSB_1981_3_0088.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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