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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event DEN80FA012

1979-12-21 PROVO, Utah, United States Fatal 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N200BR

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

FISHER GALEN DAVID LIGHTHAWK

Seats / Engines

1 seats · 1 engine

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A1922C

Registrant of record

HABIB RICHARD ABI

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

MITSUBISHI MU-2B · N200BR

Damage

Destroyed

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dusk

Weather

IMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — level (EA)

Operator type

D

Airport

PROVO MUNI

Kind of flying

B3

Weather at impact

Sky

OVERCAST

Wind

330° / 6 kt

Temp

37° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000000205

Total time

2,585 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

DA (DA)

Total hours

12,833

Age

47

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

RWY NOT SITED.

Investigator remarks

RWY LGTS NOT ACTIVATED BY PLT.PLT CRCD EAST WHEN

Cause factors

  • 64/A/29 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 64/A/26 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER IFR OPERATION Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 64/A/53 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED ALTITUDE Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 82/J/B J
    WEATHER RAIN Joint cause
  • 88/J/88 J
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER 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 3693. Source file NTSB_1979_3_3693.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.