NTSB CAROL · Event
Event IAD70A0028
Registry · N236JP
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
BEECH A36
Year of manufacture
1970
Engine
CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES (285 hp)
Seats / Engines
6 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19700326
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A21FA0
Registrant of record
LAUDERDALE THOMAS J
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
AERO COMDR 1121 · N236JP
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dusk
Weather
IMC
Phase of flight
D9
Operator type
Business
Airport
MT.EMPIRE
Kind of flying
B3
Weather at impact
Sky
OVERCAST
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000000116
Total time
747 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
DA (DA)
Total hours
7,255
Age
48
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
SS OF PLTS FLT INSTS DUE IMPROPER CREW ACTION.
Investigator remarks
RCVRY DATE 11/1/69.IFR COND ALTERNATOR FAILED.LO
Cause factors
- 64/A/19 A PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO USE OR INCORRECTLY USED MISC.EQUIPMENT Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/20 A PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/66 A PILOT IN COMMAND SPATIAL DISORIENTATION Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 75/A/AC A SYSTEMS GENERATORS/ALTERNATORS Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/A/33 A MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS ELECTRICAL FAILURE Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 76/A/AY A INSTRUMENTS/EQUIPMENT AND ACCESSORIES OTHER 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 4110.
Source file
NTSB_1969_3_4110.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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