NTSB CAROL · Event
Event UNK73X0121
Registry · N1SK
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
BEECH V35B
Engine
CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES (285 hp)
Seats / Engines
6 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19720411
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A0019C
Registrant of record
WIENHOFF KEVIN BRUCE
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
TAYLOR TITCH · N1SK
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Cruise — level (EA)
Operator type
D
Airport
SALEM-LECKRONE
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Temp
85° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
00000000SK-1
Total time
200 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
1,550
Age
45
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
HAVE OCCRD BFR FINAL FAILURE.OVRHEATED DRG BRAZING
Investigator remarks
VOLKSWAGEN 1600CC.CONTROL STICK,CRACKS FOUND TO
Cause factors
- 68/A/J6 A PERSONNEL OTHER Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 75/A/CY A SYSTEMS OTHER Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/A/AG A MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS POOR WELD Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/A/95 A MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS MATERIAL FAILURE 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
3 2561.
Source file
NTSB_1973_3_2561.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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