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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event UNK64X3674

1964-08-29 MILAN, Illinois, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N8748M

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

BEECH 23

Year of manufacture

1964 · 0 years old at event

Engine

LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES (180 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19640526

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S AC08AE

Registrant of record

TORRES MICHAEL ANTHONY

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N8748M BEECHCRAFT M23 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

BEECHCRAFT M23 · N8748M

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise climb (DB)

Operator type

Personal/private

Kind of flying

A0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Aircraft history

Total time

229 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Flight instructor (CFI)

Total hours

2,000

Age

30

Cause factors

64/C/21 C
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS Cause
88/C/34 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS ENGINE LOADED UP Cause
88/L/85 L
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS SIMULATED CONDITIONS

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 2688. Source file NTSB_1964_3_2688.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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