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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event MKC70AK051

1970-04-02 BROKEN BOW, Nebraska, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N4810J

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

BEECH V35

Engine

CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES (285 hp)

Seats / Engines

6 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19661028

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A5EEB1

Registrant of record

MILLER WESLEY J

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N4810J Beech V35 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

BEECH V35 · N4810J

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dusk

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

D1

Operator type

E

Kind of flying

CI

Weather at impact

Sky

UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED

Wind

330° / 14 kt

Temp

44° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000D-8331

Total time

833 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

GA (GA)

Total hours

3,237

Age

36

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

.LNDD KEARNEY 2PAX DEPLANED,T/O WITHOUT ACFT EXAM.

Investigator remarks

5PAX,CG 93.O,ENCTRD TURB,USED FULL AFT,FWRD ELEV

Cause factors

64/C/29 C
PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Cause
64/C/20 C
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. Cause
64/C/09 C
PILOT IN COMMAND EXCEEDED DESIGNED STRESS LIMITS OF AIRCRAFT Cause
82/C/L C
WEATHER TURBULENCE, ASSOCIATED W/CLOUDS AND/OR THUNDERSTORMS Cause
70/C/AE C
AIRFRAME SKIN AND ATTACHMENTS Cause
88/C/94 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OVERLOAD FAILURE Cause
88/C/76 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS IMPROPERLY LOADED AIRCRAFT-WEIGHT-AND/OR C.G. Cause
88/3/AW 3
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FEMALE PILOT Subordinate · 3

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 0622. Source file NTSB_1970_3_0622.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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