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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event DEN72AD047

1972-04-16 WEST POINT, Utah, United States Fatal 1 aircraft Status: Completed

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 ↗.