NTSB CAROL · Event
Event MKC78FCQ04
Registry · N950V
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
BEECH A36
Year of manufacture
1975 · 2 years old at event
Engine
CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES (285 hp)
Seats / Engines
6 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19750829
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S AD3682
Registrant of record
WILLOW EQUIPMENT 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
BEECH A-36 · N950V
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EE
Operator type
D
Airport
GARDEN CITY MUN
Kind of flying
B1
Weather at impact
Sky
SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET
Aircraft history
Serial number
0000000E-747
Total time
540 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
691
Age
30
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
ALTERNATOR.
Investigator remarks
LOOSE CONNECTION ON CIRCUIT BREAKER WIRE LEAD TO
Cause factors
- 64/A/10 A PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO EXTEND LANDING GEAR Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/20 A PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 68/J/D6 J PERSONNEL INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION Joint cause
- 75/J/AJ J SYSTEMS RELAYS AND WIRING Joint cause
- 88/J/33 J MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS ELECTRICAL FAILURE 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 3404.
Source file
NTSB_1977_3_3404.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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