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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event NYC65F0225

1965-05-20 SMYRNA, Delaware, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N8720M

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

BEECH 23

Year of manufacture

1964 · 1 years old at event

Engine

LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES (180 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19630718

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S AC0028

Registrant of record

HULME AVIATION 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

BEECHCRAFT B-23 · N8720M

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EE

Operator type

Part 91 (general aviation)

Airport

SMYRNA

Kind of flying

A0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Temp

74° F

Aircraft history

Total time

360 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Flight instructor (CFI)

Total hours

2,740

Age

41

Cause factors

  • 66/C/25 C
    DUAL STUDENT Cause
  • 66/C/62 C
    DUAL STUDENT Cause
  • 64/C/30 C
    PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT Cause
  • 88/3/AW 3
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FEMALE PILOT Subordinate · 3

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 1149. Source file NTSB_1965_3_1149.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.