NTSB CAROL · Event
Event CHI68F0301
Registry · N2553W
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
MOONEY M20C
Year of manufacture
1965 · 2 years old at event
Engine
LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER (180 hp)
Seats / Engines
4 seats · 1 engine
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A26CE7
Registrant of record
BROWN JEFFREY B
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
MOONEY M20C · N2553W
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EE
Operator type
Business
Airport
HAZARD
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Wind
360° / 10 kt
Temp
70° F
Aircraft history
Total time
462 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Age
52
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
WELD.
Investigator remarks
LDG GR HANDLE,PN 5600-11-963 SEPARATED AT BOTTOM
Cause factors
- 70/A/CN A AIRFRAME SWITCHES,LEVERS,CRANKING MECHANISM,ETC. Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/A/95 A MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS MATERIAL FAILURE Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/A/AH A MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS PREVIOUS DAMAGE 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 3092.
Source file
NTSB_1967_3_3092.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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