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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event UNK65X0297

1964-10-16 COLUMBUS, Texas, United States Fatal 1 aircraft Status: Completed

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 G-35 · N4449D

Damage

Destroyed

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

D1

Operator type

Personal/private

Kind of flying

CY

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Temp

90° F

Pilot

Certificate

Flight instructor (CFI)

Total hours

900

Age

19

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

RILLING SITE.

Investigator remarks

CHARTER FLIGHT TO AIR-DROP SUPPLIES AT OILWELL D

Cause factors

  • 64/A/16 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED Cause — pilot/personnel action

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 2 0730. Source file NTSB_1964_2_0730.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.