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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event IAD74DLQ23

1974-01-28 HAZARD, Kentucky, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N765T

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

BEECH A36

Engine

CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES (285 hp)

Seats / Engines

6 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19730315

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S AA55C4

Registrant of record

VAUGHN DANIEL L

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N765T Beech A36 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 A36 · N765T

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EE

Operator type

Personal/private

Airport

HAZARD

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED

Wind

270° / 12 kt

Temp

60° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

0000000E-404

Total time

435 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Flight instructor (CFI)

Total hours

2,322

Age

28

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

VY RAINS.

Investigator remarks

RWY TENDS TO COLLECT WATER IN THE CENTER AFT HEA

Cause factors

80/C/BA C
AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES WET RUNWAY Cause
88/C/92 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS HYDROPLANING ON WET RUNWAY Cause
80/L/BY L
AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES OTHER

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 0559. Source file NTSB_1974_3_0559.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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