NTSB CAROL · Event
Event OAK73DVA39
Registry · N4712J
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
AIR TRACTOR INC AT-602
Year of manufacture
2013
Engine
P&W CANADA PT6A-60AG (1050 hp)
Seats / Engines
2 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
20130402
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A5C778
Registrant of record
CENTRAL IOWA AGRICULTURAL AVIATION 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 A23-19 · N4712J
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EE
Operator type
Part 121 (air carrier)
Kind of flying
B2
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000MB-170
Total time
1,350 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
328
Age
43
Investigator remarks
PLT DID NOT REDUCE PWR AFTER LANDING.
Cause factors
- 64/C/46 C PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED Cause
- 64/C/82 C PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO INITIATE GO-AROUND Cause
- 64/C/21 C PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS 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 0259.
Source file
NTSB_1973_3_0259.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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