NTSB CAROL · Event
Event SEA72FYC02
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 23 · N8707M
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Takeoff — initial climb (C1)
Operator type
D
Airport
SEASIDE
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Wind
270° / 5 kt
Aircraft history
Serial number
0000000M-491
Total time
1,517 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
393
Age
38
Investigator remarks
1/4 INCH STEEL LOCK NUT FOUND IN NR 4 CYL.
Cause factors
- 74/C/AD C POWERPLANT CYLINDER ASSEMBLY Cause
- 84/C/G C MISCELLANEOUS FOREIGN MATERIAL AFFECTING NORMAL OPERATIONS 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 1310.
Source file
NTSB_1971_3_1310.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
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- Embry-Riddle Scholarly Commons 2024 · Journal article (IJAAA)
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- NASA NTRS 2023 · Presentation
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- Flight Safety Foundation 2023 · FSF / AeroSafety World
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- Embry-Riddle Scholarly Commons 2023 · Industry report (AQRR)
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