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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event NYC76FHD37

1976-08-06 MANAHAWKIN, New Jersey, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

N8989 Beech D18S 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

BEECH D18S · N8989

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EB

Operator type

D

Airport

MANAHAWKIN

Kind of flying

DB

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Temp

84° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

00000000A550

Total time

7,793 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

2,500

Age

38

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

IN CLOSED PSN-HOT.

Investigator remarks

PLT RPTD HI OIL TEMP AND PRES.OIL SHUTTER FOUND

Cause factors

64/C/45 C
PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED DISTANCE,SPEED,AND ALTITUDE Cause
64/B/16 B
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED
64/L/21 L
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS

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 3031. Source file NTSB_1976_3_3031.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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