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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event DIA68D0171

1967-11-29 FAIRMONT, West Virginia, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N2940L

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

MOONEY M20C

Year of manufacture

1967 · 0 years old at event

Engine

LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER (180 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19670228

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A306B9

Registrant of record

FLYINGCHAMP LLC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N2940L Mooney M20C 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 M20C · N2940L

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EJ

Operator type

D

Kind of flying

B1

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

225° / 5 kt

Temp

34° F

Aircraft history

Total time

118 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

300

Age

47

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

ND FROM PRACTICE FORCED LNDG.FLT CONT,LND ON HIWAY

Investigator remarks

PLT ADVANCED THROTTLE TOO RAPIDLY DURING GO AROU

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
83/K/I K
TERRAIN HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS 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 4666. Source file NTSB_1967_3_4666.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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