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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event CHI73AEC35

1973-05-20 PLYMOUTH, Michigan, United States Minor 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N2201

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

MOONEY M20J

Year of manufacture

1983

Engine

LYCOMING I0360 SER A&C (200 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19830526

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A1E37C

Registrant of record

DECOU GORDON C

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N2201 Bensen B-8M 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

BENSEN B-8M · N2201

Damage

Destroyed

Craft type

I

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

IMC

Phase of flight

D0

Operator type

D

Airport

METTETAL

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Temp

60° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000000001

Total time

45 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

181

Age

30

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

OOR FUSION OR LACK FUSION.UN DTRMN IF BREAK INFLT.

Investigator remarks

TWO REAR ENG MOUNT SUPPORTS BKN IN WELD JOINTS,P

Cause factors

74/C/KA C
POWERPLANT POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS Cause
64/B/49 B
PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED SPEED AND ALTITUDE

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 1401. Source file NTSB_1973_3_1401.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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