NTSB CAROL · Event
Event UNK64X0550
Registry · N5512K
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
BUCKEYE INDUSTRIES DREAM MACHINE
Year of manufacture
1994
Engine
ROTAX 582SER (65 hp)
Seats / Engines
2 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
20071117
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A705CA
Registrant of record
STONE RONALD K
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
CONVAIR CV-440 · N5512K
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Cruise — descent (EF)
Airport
GENERAL LYMAN
Weather at impact
Sky
BROKEN
Pilot
Certificate
DA (DA)
Total hours
18,760
Age
50
Investigator remarks
WATER ON RUNWAY 3 INCHES DEEP
Cause factors
- 64/C/49 C PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED SPEED AND ALTITUDE Cause
- 64/C/07 C PILOT IN COMMAND DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND Cause
- 88/C/92 C MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS HYDROPLANING ON WET RUNWAY Cause
- 80/L/BA L AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES WET RUNWAY
- 82/L/B L WEATHER RAIN
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
1 0001.
Source file
NTSB_1964_1_0001.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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