NTSB CAROL · Event
Event IAD74FID20
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
BEECH M35B · N2255K
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EB
Operator type
Business
Airport
TIFFANY
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Temp
70° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000D-6239
Total time
2,861 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
4,000
Age
38
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
N FILL AREA.
Investigator remarks
T/D APRX 50FT SHORT OF RWY IN UNPREPARED RWY EXT
Cause factors
- 64/C/48 C PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE Cause
- 80/B/BY B AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES OTHER
- 88/K/94 K MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OVERLOAD FAILURE Joint factor
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 3440.
Source file
NTSB_1973_3_3440.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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