NTSB CAROL · Event
Event SEA69A0001
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 95-B55 · N6014F
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Takeoff — initial climb (C1)
Operator type
D
Airport
EASTSOUND
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Wind
180° / 25 kt
Temp
66° F
Aircraft history
Total time
510 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
1,729
Age
54
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
ON 870 FT OVRRN TO AVOID ACFT.UNICOM N14F NOT ON.
Investigator remarks
PLT TXD N ON RNWY.WIND S 25K.ACFT LDG S. PLT T/O
Cause factors
- 64/A/44 A PILOT IN COMMAND SPONTANEOUS-IMPROPER ACTION Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/J/19 J PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO USE OR INCORRECTLY USED MISC.EQUIPMENT Joint cause
- 64/J/35 J PILOT IN COMMAND SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN Joint cause
- 88/J/AQ J MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS DOWNWIND Joint cause
- 88/J/88 J MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER Joint 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 4543.
Source file
NTSB_1968_3_4543.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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