NTSB CAROL · Event
Event OAK74FVA69
Registry · N87E
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
BEECH 65-A90-1
Year of manufacture
1967 · 7 years old at event
Engine
P&W PT6SER TP (500 hp)
Seats / Engines
9 seats · 2 engines
Last airworthiness date
20040814
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S ABF461
Registrant of record
DYNAMIC AVLEASE INC
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
STINSON SR-9EM · N87E
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
D1
Operator type
Business
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Wind
315° / 12 kt
Temp
90° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000005452
Total time
900 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
600
Age
41
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
D WINDSHIELD.OVERFLEW 2 STRIPS.DOVE UNDER WIRES.
Investigator remarks
SEPARATION OF NOSE CASE BREATHER UNIT.OIL COVERE
Cause factors
- 68/C/D5 C PERSONNEL INADEQUATE INSPECTION OF AIRCRAFT (OWNER-PILOT) Cause
- 74/C/AY C POWERPLANT OTHER Cause
- 88/C/BM C MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS DISCONNECTED Cause
- 88/B/45 B MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS WINDSHIELD,DIRTY,FOGGY,ETC.-RESTRICTED VISION
- 64/K/27 K PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING Joint factor
- 64/K/35 K PILOT IN COMMAND SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN Joint factor
- 83/K/I K TERRAIN HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS Joint factor
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 1234.
Source file
NTSB_1974_3_1234.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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