NTSB CAROL · Event
Event UNK64X2252
Registry · N8358D
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
BEECH J35
Year of manufacture
1958 · 6 years old at event
TCDS
3A15 · BEECH AIRCRAFT CORP NKA TEXTRON AVIATION INC
Engine
CONT MOTOR I0-470 SERIES (260 hp)
Seats / Engines
5 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19580321
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S AB6E61
Registrant of record
ASKELSON ELDON L
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
BEECHCRAFT J35 · N8358D
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
C0
Operator type
D
Airport
JEFFERSON COUNTY
Kind of flying
B2
Weather at impact
Sky
OVERCAST
Aircraft history
Total time
785 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
3,500
Age
40
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
ACE ASSEMBLY HALF NORMAL TENSION
Investigator remarks
SPRING TENSION AT UNION OF DRAG BRACE AND VEE BR
Cause factors
- 64/A/12 A PILOT IN COMMAND RETRACTED GEAR PREMATURELY Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 70/1/CB 1 AIRFRAME NORMAL RETRACTION/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY 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 1637.
Source file
NTSB_1964_3_1637.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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