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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event CHI68F0462

1967-11-19 COLUMBUS, Ohio, United States Minor 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N78912

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

MOONEY M20C

Year of manufacture

1961 · 6 years old at event

Engine

LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER (180 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19960517

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S AAB48B

Registrant of record

MID AMERICA PLUMBING LLC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N78912 Mooney 20C Minor

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 20C · N78912

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EB

Operator type

Business

Airport

PORT COLUMBUS

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

290° / 20 kt

Temp

42° F

Aircraft history

Total time

1,080 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

IA (IA)

Total hours

3,182

Age

34

Cause factors

64/C/21 C
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS Cause
88/C/02 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS ANTI-ICING/DEICING EQUIPMENT-IMPROPER OPERATION OF/OR FAILED TO USE Cause
88/C/72 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS ICE-CARBURETOR Cause
82/C/G C
WEATHER CONDITIONS CONDUCIVE TO CARB./INDUCTION SYSTEM ICING 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 3 4169. Source file NTSB_1967_3_4169.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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