NTSB CAROL · Event
Event MKC67F0473
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 35 · N3073V
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EB
Operator type
D
Airport
SPIRIT-ST.LOUIS
Kind of flying
B2
Weather at impact
Sky
OVERCAST
Temp
30° F
Aircraft history
Total time
3,040 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
1,500
Age
61
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
SHIELD DEFROSTER.
Investigator remarks
ICING CONDITIONS NOT FORECAST.FAILED TO USE WIND
Cause factors
- 64/C/16 C PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED Cause
- 82/C/F C WEATHER ICING CONDITIONS-INCLUDES SLEET,FREEZING RAIN,ETC. Cause
- 88/J/75 J MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS ICE-WINDSHIELD Joint cause
- 88/J/74 J MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS AIRFRAME ICE Joint cause
- 64/J/19 J PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO USE OR INCORRECTLY USED MISC.EQUIPMENT Joint 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
3 0627.
Source file
NTSB_1967_3_0627.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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