NTSB CAROL · Event
Event MKC72FTK11
Registry · N198Q
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
AMERICAN CHAMPION AIRCRAFT 8GCBC
Year of manufacture
2023
TCDS
A21CE · AMERICAN CHAMPION AIRCRAFT CORP
Engine
LYCOMING O-360-C1G (180 hp)
Seats / Engines
3 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
20231103
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A18741
Registrant of record
QUALE SCOTT
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 S35 · N198Q
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
Marginal VMC
Phase of flight
ED
Operator type
D
Airport
PIERRE
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
OVERCAST
Wind
050° / 8 kt
Temp
31° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000D-7766
Total time
1,946 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
621
Age
41
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
TD ICING CONDS.TERM WX DETERIORATED.
Investigator remarks
ACFT NOT DE-ICER EQUIPPED,CONTINUED FLT INTO FCS
Cause factors
- 64/A/01 A PILOT IN COMMAND ATTEMPTED OPERATION W/KNOWN DEFICIENCIES IN EQUIPMENT Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/A/74 A MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS AIRFRAME ICE Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 82/A/F A WEATHER ICING CONDITIONS-INCLUDES SLEET,FREEZING RAIN,ETC. Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 82/J/A J WEATHER LOW CEILING Joint cause
- 82/J/B J WEATHER RAIN Joint cause
- 82/J/C J WEATHER FOG 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 3302.
Source file
NTSB_1971_3_3302.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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