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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event NYC72AN140

1972-05-03 ATLANTIC CITY, New Jersey, United States Minor 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

N8566M Beech B95 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 B95 · N8566M

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

IMC

Phase of flight

EE

Operator type

E

Airport

BADER

Kind of flying

CI

Weather at impact

Sky

OVERCAST

Wind

180° / 15 kt

Temp

62° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000T0-537

Total time

2,265 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Flight instructor (CFI)

Total hours

2,106

Age

25

Investigator remarks

WENT INTO WATER PAST END OF RWY.

Cause factors

64/C/46 C
PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED Cause
64/L/82 L
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO INITIATE GO-AROUND
88/L/15 L
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FAILED TO EXTEND THE LANDING FLAPS
80/L/BA L
AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES WET RUNWAY
88/K/88 K
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER 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 1725. Source file NTSB_1972_3_1725.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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