NTSB CAROL · Event
Event DEN72AD047
Registry · N336M
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
BEECH A36
Seats / Engines
6 seats · 1 engine
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A3AD2C
Registrant of record
LOBO AIR LLC
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 M-18C · N336M
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Cruise climb (DB)
Operator type
D
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
BROKEN
Wind
190° / 9 kt
Temp
67° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000000217
Total time
1,076 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
947
Age
38
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
G SPUTTERED DURING STEEP PULL UP.PLT LOST CTL.
Investigator remarks
LOW PASS OVER FRIENDS HOUSE TO DROP BOAT PROP.EN
Cause factors
- 64/C/33 C PILOT IN COMMAND EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT Cause
- 64/C/23 C PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS Cause
- 88/C/96 C MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FUEL STARVATION Cause
- 64/B/08 B PILOT IN COMMAND DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT
- 64/B/16 B PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED
- 88/B/14 B MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING
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 0687.
Source file
NTSB_1972_3_0687.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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