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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event MKC66A0017

1965-09-11 NEWTON, Kansas, United States Fatal 1 aircraft Status: Completed

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

BEECHCRAFT B-95 · N9695Y

Damage

Destroyed

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

D1

Operator type

Personal/private

Kind of flying

A0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Temp

82° F

Pilot

Certificate

Flight instructor (CFI)

Total hours

5,119

Age

35

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

ONCE DURING DECENT.THROWOVER TYPE YOKE DESTROYED.

Investigator remarks

REDUCTION OF POWER HEARD BEFORE SPIN.ENG CLEARED

Cause factors

  • 64/A/16 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED Cause — pilot/personnel action

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 2 0811. Source file NTSB_1965_2_0811.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.