NTSB CAROL · Event
Event MKC69F0257
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 60 · N7660D
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EE
Operator type
K
Airport
NEWTON
Kind of flying
DB
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Temp
40° F
Aircraft history
Total time
907 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
1,080
Age
48
Cause factors
- 64/A/10 A PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO EXTEND LANDING GEAR Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/J/03 J MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS CHECKLIST-FAILED TO USE 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 3859.
Source file
NTSB_1968_3_3859.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
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- NASA NTRS 2024 · Conference Paper
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- NASA NTRS 2024 · Presentation
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- arXiv 2022 · arXiv preprint
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- NASA NTRS 2019 · Technical Memorandum (TM)
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- NASA NTRS 2019 · Other
Differential Pressures on a Pitot-venturi and a Pitot-static Nozzle over 360 Degrees Pitch and Yaw
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