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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event SEA77FYG05

1976-09-28 COLVILLE, Washington, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

N8SU Beech C35 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 C35 · N8SU

Damage

Destroyed

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Takeoff — initial climb (C1)

Operator type

D

Airport

COLVILLE

Kind of flying

B2

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Temp

75° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000D-3102

Total time

3,936 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

729

Age

59

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

LOCKED BY WHEELS UP ACFT. T/O MADE FM TAXIWAY.

Investigator remarks

HUMP IN TAXIWAY CAUSED PREMATURE LIFT OFF. RWY B

Cause factors

64/A/35 A
PILOT IN COMMAND SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN Cause — pilot/personnel action
80/J/BY J
AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES OTHER Joint cause
88/1/AW 1
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FEMALE PILOT Subordinate · 1

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 3282. Source file NTSB_1976_3_3282.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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