NTSB CAROL · Event
Event ANC71AA014
Registry · N123PA
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
MOONEY M20J
Year of manufacture
1978
Engine
LYCOMING I0360 SER (180 hp)
Seats / Engines
4 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19780724
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A0601D
Registrant of record
FLY FOR FUN INC
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
SHORT BROS. SC7 · N123PA
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Night
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
C0
Operator type
E
Airport
BETTLES
Kind of flying
CJ
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000SH1861
Total time
1,062 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
DA (DA)
Total hours
10,179
Age
33
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
ON. ABORTED T/O OK.
Investigator remarks
LOAD IMPROPERLY TIED DOWN. SHIFTED AFT AT ROTATI
Cause factors
- 64/A/29 A PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/A/60 A MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS CARGO SHIFTED 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 1673.
Source file
NTSB_1970_3_1673.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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