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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event MKC81FCA07

1981-04-01 HANNIBAL, Missouri, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N500DM

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

BEECH F33A

Year of manufacture

1987

Engine

CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES (285 hp)

Seats / Engines

5 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19870327

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A63A47

Registrant of record

FIVE DELTA MIKE INC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N500DM Swearingen SA26T None

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

SWEARINGEN SA26T · N500DM

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — descent (EF)

Operator type

Business

Airport

HANNIBAL MUNI

Kind of flying

B3

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

290° / 24 kt

Temp

57° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000T26-35

Total time

3,290 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Flight instructor (CFI)

Total hours

2,616

Age

41

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

22KTS,AT 36KTS X-WND COMP IS 27KTS.

Investigator remarks

WIND GUSTS TO 36KTS.FLT MAN LISTS X-WND COMP AS

Cause factors

64/C/27 C
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING Cause
82/L/H L
WEATHER UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS

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 0466. Source file NTSB_1981_3_0466.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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