NTSB CAROL · Event
Event OAK66F0040
Registry · N9961R
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
BEECH 95-55
Year of manufacture
1960 · 5 years old at event
Engine
CONT MOTOR I0-470 SERIES (260 hp)
Seats / Engines
6 seats · 2 engines
Last airworthiness date
19620826
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S ADEB78
Registrant of record
QUINN BRIAN K
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 M35 · N9961R
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Cruise — descent (EF)
Operator type
D
Airport
CHANDLER FIELD
Kind of flying
DB
Weather at impact
Sky
OVERCAST
Wind
170° / 8 kt
Temp
77° F
Aircraft history
Total time
1,518 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
380
Age
27
Cause factors
- 64/A/13 A PILOT IN COMMAND INADVERTENTLY RETRACTED 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 1982.
Source file
NTSB_1965_3_1982.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
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