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Event IAD74FID30

1974-04-02 ASSATEAGUE ISL, Virginia, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N9014R

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

TAYLORCRAFT A

Engine

CONT MOTOR A40 SERIES (40 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19790711

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S AC75D7

Registrant of record

DEAKYNE CARL T

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

BEECH T-34 · N9014R

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

C0

Operator type

J

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

280° / 10 kt

Aircraft history

Serial number

00000000G727

Total time

6,705 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

700

Age

48

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

OARD ON ATMTD TKOF FM BEACH.

Investigator remarks

PREV LDG DUE LOW OIL PR & PWR LOSS.PROP STRUCK B

Cause factors

  • 64/A/33 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 64/A/35 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 64/A/01 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND ATTEMPTED OPERATION W/KNOWN DEFICIENCIES IN EQUIPMENT Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 64/A/15 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 74/J/DY J
    POWERPLANT OTHER Joint cause
  • 88/J/CL J
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS PRESSURE TOO LOW Joint cause
  • 83/J/K J
    TERRAIN SANDY Joint cause
  • 83/J/Y J
    TERRAIN OTHER Joint cause
  • 88/J/88 J
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER 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 1257. Source file NTSB_1974_3_1257.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.