NTSB CAROL · Event
Event IAD76FKW11
Registry · N2SF
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
DEHAVILLAND BEAVER DHC-2 MK.1
Year of manufacture
1952 · 23 years old at event
Engine
P&W R-985 SERIES (450 hp)
Seats / Engines
8 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19730501
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A18EE7
Registrant of record
AIRLEASE INC
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
SIDEWINDER S-9 · N2SF
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
D1
Operator type
D
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
OVERCAST
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000212207
Total time
194 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
300
Age
40
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
N OF ANY PSN COULD BE DTMND.
Investigator remarks
FUEL SEL VALVE CORE DETERIORATED.NO POS SELECTIO
Cause factors
- 68/C/J6 C PERSONNEL OTHER Cause
- 74/C/CC C POWERPLANT SELECTOR VALVES Cause
- 88/C/96 C MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FUEL STARVATION Cause
- 64/B/16 B PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED
- 64/B/23 B PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS
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 2733.
Source file
NTSB_1975_3_2733.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
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- NASA NTRS 2019 · Video
STS-90 Day 03 Highlights
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- NASA NTRS 2019 · Video
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