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DEN73FQA18

1972-10-21 · MORIARTY, New Mexico, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
CESSNA 206B · N3403L
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EB
Operator type
Personal/private
Airport
MORIARITY MUNI
Kind of flying
B0

Weather at impact

Sky
SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET

Aircraft history

Serial number
000U206-0703
Total time
2,389 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
550
Age
23

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

ALLED ONTO RWY COLLAPSING GR.

Investigator remarks

IDLE PWR DSCNT.STRETCHED GLIDE TO CLEAR FENCE.ST

Cause factors

  • 64/C/21 C
    PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS Cause
  • 88/C/34 C
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS ENGINE LOADED UP Cause
  • 64/B/16 B
    PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED

Decoded against the NTSB Form 6120.4 cause-factor codebook (ct_Pre1982 table).

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 2934. Source file NTSB_1972_3_2934.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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