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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event CHI79DEP08

1978-11-19 DODGEVILLE, Wisconsin, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N201SJ

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

MOONEY M20J

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19761216

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A19753

Registrant of record

MCMANUS PARKER C

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N201SJ Mooney M20J None

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 M20J · N201SJ

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — descent (EF)

Operator type

D

Airport

DODGEVILLE MUNI

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

020° / 10 kt

Temp

34° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

0000024-0069

Total time

230 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

71

Age

28

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

SED HIM TO INADVERTENTLY APPLY LEFT BRAKE PRESSURE

Investigator remarks

PILOT WEARING LONG POINTED COWBOY BOOT WHICH CAU

Cause factors

64/C/22 C
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS Cause
82/1/H 1
WEATHER UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS Subordinate · 1
88/K/94 K
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OVERLOAD FAILURE Joint factor

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 4079. Source file NTSB_1978_3_4079.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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