NTSB CAROL · Event
Event MKC74AK039
Registry · N1964A
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
BEECH A36
Year of manufacture
1993
Engine
CONT MOTOR IO-550 SERIES (300 hp)
Seats / Engines
6 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19930914
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A1815A
Registrant of record
REX AIR LLC
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
VOLPAR H18 · N1964A
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
E
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EE
Operator type
E
Airport
EPPLEY AIRFIELD
Kind of flying
CI
Weather at impact
Sky
OVERCAST
Wind
340° / 7 kt
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000BA-669
Total time
3,730 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
GA (GA)
Total hours
10,872
Age
38
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
SOME INTERNAL TREADS NOT VIS R WHEEL DIDNT EXTEND
Investigator remarks
ACTUATOR SCREW VOLPAR P/N 703 WORN TO THE EXTENT
Cause factors
- 68/A/D6 A PERSONNEL INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 70/A/CB A AIRFRAME NORMAL RETRACTION/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY Cause — pilot/personnel action
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 0130.
Source file
NTSB_1974_3_0130.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
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