NTSB CAROL · Event
Event OAK66D0145
Registry · N9589Y
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
BEECH 35-B33
Year of manufacture
1962 · 3 years old at event
Engine
CONT MOTOR I0-470 SERIES (260 hp)
Seats / Engines
4 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19621116
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S AD5609
Registrant of record
J2A HOLDINGS 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 35-B33 · N9589Y
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EE
Operator type
Part 91 (general aviation)
Airport
MERCED
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
BROKEN
Wind
110° / 8 kt
Temp
60° F
Aircraft history
Total time
692 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
1,150
Age
53
Cause factors
- 64/A/10 A PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO EXTEND LANDING GEAR Cause — pilot/personnel action
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 3266.
Source file
NTSB_1965_3_3266.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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