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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event NYC74DFA29

1974-04-27 MONTICELLO, New York, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N9456S

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

BEECH V35

Year of manufacture

1966 · 8 years old at event

Engine

CONT MOTOR GTSIO-520-C (340 hp)

Seats / Engines

6 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19660330

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S AD22F6

Registrant of record

HERRICK RICHARD J TRUSTEE

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

BEECH V35 · N9456S

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EE

Operator type

D

Airport

MONTICELLO

Kind of flying

B2

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

242° / 5 kt

Aircraft history

Serial number

0000000D8036

Total time

2,670 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

4,950

Age

54

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

NED WITH POSSIBLE OTR TFC.

Investigator remarks

PWR APCH TO LDG.NO RESPONSE ON UNICOM PLT CONCER

Cause factors

  • 64/A/10 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO EXTEND LANDING GEAR Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 64/A/08 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 88/J/03 J
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS CHECKLIST-FAILED TO USE 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 1135. Source file NTSB_1974_3_1135.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.