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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event NYC69A0049

1968-10-29 WATERVILLE, Maine, United States Minor 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N304HA

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

BELL 205A-1

Year of manufacture

1972

TCDS

H1SW · BELL TEXTRON INC

Engine

HONEYWELL T5317A (1500 hp)

Seats / Engines

15 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

20130608

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A32EDE

Registrant of record

LYONS AIRCRAFT LEASING LLC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N304HA Beech 95-D55 Minor

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 95-D55 · N304HA

Damage

Destroyed

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dusk

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Takeoff — initial climb (C1)

Operator type

E

Airport

LAFLEUR

Kind of flying

CI

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

290° / 6 kt

Aircraft history

Total time

95 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

1,500

Age

21

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

AUX TANKS.DID NOT FEATH PROP WHEN NO.1 ENG FAILED.

Investigator remarks

PLT MADE RUNNING T/O FROM INTERSECTION.SELECTED

Cause factors

64/C/29 C
PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Cause
64/C/20 C
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. Cause
88/C/96 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FUEL STARVATION Cause
88/K/16 K
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FAILED TO USE ALL AVAILABLE RUNWAY Joint factor
88/K/07 K
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS IMPROPER EMERGENCY PROCEDURES Joint factor

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 3548. Source file NTSB_1968_3_3548.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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