NTSB CAROL · Event
Event IAD74FID30
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 ↗.
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