NTSB CAROL · Event
Event SEA66F0069
Registry · N8922U
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
BEECH S35
Engine
CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES (285 hp)
Seats / Engines
6 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19650805
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S AC4F73
Registrant of record
N8922U 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
BEECHCRAFT S-35 · N8922U
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EE
Operator type
Business
Airport
FRIEDMAN MEMORIAL
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Temp
70° F
Aircraft history
Total time
12 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
700
Age
47
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
IRCRAFT STRUCK TRACTOR INJURING DRIVER.
Investigator remarks
PILOT LANDED 50 FEET OFF RIGHT SIDE OF RUNWAY. A
Cause factors
- 64/C/46 C PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED Cause
- 88/C/22 C MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS POORLY PLANNED APPROACH Cause
- 64/B/15 B PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS
- 64/B/82 B PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO INITIATE GO-AROUND
- 88/L/13 L MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS NOT ALIGNED WITH RUNWAY/INTENDED LANDING AREA
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
2 0616.
Source file
NTSB_1965_2_0616.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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