NTSB CAROL · Event
Event OAK78FVG77
Registry · N9808R
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
BEECH M35
Year of manufacture
1960 · 18 years old at event
Engine
CONT MOTOR I0-470 SERIES (260 hp)
Seats / Engines
5 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19600202
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S ADAEA4
Registrant of record
I M FOXBO 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 M35 · N9808R
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
D1
Operator type
Personal/private
Airport
AUBURN
Kind of flying
B2
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Wind
045° / 7 kt
Temp
82° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000D-6316
Total time
3,827 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
1,077
Age
52
Cause factors
- 74/C/KA C POWERPLANT POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS Cause
- 64/B/48 B PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE
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 2073.
Source file
NTSB_1978_3_2073.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
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