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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event SEA75FYG18

1975-02-04 PULLMAN, Washington, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N20FW

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

BEECH B-99

Year of manufacture

1969 · 6 years old at event

Engine

U/A CANADA PT6 SER 578HP (550 hp)

Seats / Engines

17 seats · 2 engines

Last airworthiness date

19690528

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A1903C

Registrant of record

UAS TRANSERVICES INC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N20FW Beech 99A None

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 99A · N20FW

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Day

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EB

Operator type

E

Airport

PULLMAN

Kind of flying

CI

Weather at impact

Sky

OVERCAST

Wind

060° / 13 kt

Temp

24° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

0000000U-111

Total time

9,106 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

DA (DA)

Total hours

4,881

Age

30

Investigator remarks

HIT 11FT SHORT OF SNOW BANK AT END OF RWY.

Cause factors

64/C/48 C
PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE Cause
88/L/22 L
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS POORLY PLANNED APPROACH
80/K/BE K
AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES UNMARKED OBSTRUCTIONS Joint factor
88/K/94 K
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OVERLOAD FAILURE 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 0330. Source file NTSB_1975_3_0330.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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