NTSB CAROL · Event
Event MKC80FTG02
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 C35 · N692D
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dusk
Weather
IMC
Phase of flight
ED
Operator type
Personal/private
Airport
GRAND FORKS INTL
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
BROKEN
Wind
350° / 6 kt
Temp
25° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
0000000D2969
Total time
3,278 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
DA (DA)
Total hours
2,500
Age
38
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
ERVATORS.
Investigator remarks
ACFT STALLED AT 110MPH.ICE FOUND ON WINGS & RUDD
Cause factors
- 64/A/40 A PILOT IN COMMAND INITIATED FLIGHT IN ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 82/J/F J WEATHER ICING CONDITIONS-INCLUDES SLEET,FREEZING RAIN,ETC. Joint cause
- 88/J/74 J MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS AIRFRAME ICE 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 3850.
Source file
NTSB_1979_3_3850.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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