NTSB CAROL · Event
Event LAX79DUK11
Registry · N4466W
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
BEECH E-55
Year of manufacture
1973 · 6 years old at event
Engine
CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES (285 hp)
Seats / Engines
6 seats · 2 engines
Last airworthiness date
19730824
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A56426
Registrant of record
SOUTH DELTA AVIATION 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
BEECH E55 · N4466W
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Cruise — descent (EF)
Operator type
D
Airport
FALCON FIELD
Kind of flying
B2
Weather at impact
Sky
OVERCAST
Aircraft history
Serial number
0000E55TE936
Total time
1,625 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
1,022
Age
51
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
RW INTO SOFT TERRAIN.ARPT W LONGER RWY NEARBY.
Investigator remarks
STANDING WTR ON RWY.ACFT HYDROPLANED OFF END OF
Cause factors
- 64/A/35 A PILOT IN COMMAND SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/82 A PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO INITIATE GO-AROUND Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 80/J/BA J AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES WET RUNWAY Joint cause
- 88/J/92 J MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS HYDROPLANING ON WET RUNWAY Joint cause
- 88/J/DH J MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS RAN OFF END OF RUNWAY 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 2053.
Source file
NTSB_1979_3_2053.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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