NTSB CAROL · Event
Event OAK68O0005
Registry · N9838Z
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
BEECH B90
Year of manufacture
1969
Engine
P&W PT6A SER (750 hp)
Seats / Engines
9 seats · 2 engines
Last airworthiness date
19950921
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S ADB9D1
Registrant of record
N B B S 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
BEECH VTB-18 · N9838Z
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Cruise — descent (EF)
Operator type
Public use
Airport
VO CANG
Kind of flying
B3
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Aircraft history
Total time
5,011 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
1,754
Age
50
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
IETNAM.
Investigator remarks
INVESTIGATION UNDER JURISDICTION OF GOVT SOUTH V
Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket
6 0042.
Source file
NTSB_1967_6_0042.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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