NTSB CAROL · Event
Event MKC71DCG58
Registry · N173D
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
BEECH 95-B55 (T42A)
Year of manufacture
1964 · 7 years old at event
Engine
CONT MOTOR I0-470 SERIES (260 hp)
Seats / Engines
6 seats · 2 engines
Last airworthiness date
19641214
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A1249D
Registrant of record
SANFORD MARK J
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 95-B55 · N173D
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Night
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EE
Operator type
Business
Airport
FAIRFAX
Kind of flying
DB
Weather at impact
Sky
OVERCAST
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000TC-825
Total time
1,335 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
7,000
Age
51
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 1486.
Source file
NTSB_1971_3_1486.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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