NTSB CAROL · Event
Event UNK73X0101
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
BEECH 35P · N9656Y
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
IMC
Phase of flight
ED
Operator type
D
Airport
VANCOUVER
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
OVERCAST
Aircraft history
Serial number
Z
Total time
1,950 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
2,000
Age
42
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
.PRESUMED FATAL.INVESTIGATED BY CANADIAN GOVT.
Investigator remarks
UNQUALIFIED IFR PLT ATMTNG ILS APCH.DEBRIS RCVRD
Cause factors
- 64/A/40 A PILOT IN COMMAND INITIATED FLIGHT IN ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/J/29 J PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Joint cause
- 82/J/A J WEATHER LOW CEILING Joint cause
- 82/J/B J WEATHER RAIN Joint cause
- 82/J/C J WEATHER FOG Joint cause
- 88/J/88 J MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER Joint cause
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
6 0093.
Source file
NTSB_1972_6_0093.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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