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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event IAD76II042

1975-12-18 BALTIMORE, Maryland, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N18255

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

BEECH A45

Engine

CONT MOTOR O-470 SERIES (230 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19900727

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A14B3F

Registrant of record

VIPER AVIATION INC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N18255 Douglas DC-3C 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

DOUGLAS DC-3C · N18255

Damage

Minor

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

C

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EE

Operator type

E

Airport

BALTIMORE-WASH

Kind of flying

CJ

Weather at impact

Sky

SCATTERED-BELOW 1000 FEET

Wind

310° / 15 kt

Aircraft history

Serial number

000041-18491

Total time

16,915 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

GA (GA)

Total hours

18,786

Age

49

Cause factors

64/C/25 C
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER LEVEL OFF Cause
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 5 0041. Source file NTSB_1975_5_0041.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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