NTSB CAROL · Event
Event CHI73FEE02
Registry · N9449V
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
MOONEY M20C
Year of manufacture
1970 · 2 years old at event
Engine
LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER (180 hp)
Seats / Engines
4 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19700420
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S AD1FAB
Registrant of record
CLARK JEFF W
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 · N9449V
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EE
Operator type
Business
Airport
JOLIET
Kind of flying
B3
Weather at impact
Sky
BROKEN
Wind
210° / 14 kt
Temp
87° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000700051
Total time
1,061 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
980
Age
28
Investigator remarks
PAX DEMANDS DISTRACTED PLT.
Cause factors
- 64/A/10 A PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO EXTEND LANDING GEAR Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/J/08 J PILOT IN COMMAND DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT Joint cause
- 88/J/03 J MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS CHECKLIST-FAILED TO USE Joint 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 2348.
Source file
NTSB_1972_3_2348.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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