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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event UNK73X0121

1973-08-19 SALEM, Illinois, United States Fatal 1 aircraft Status: Completed

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 ↗.