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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event FTW71FRH26

1971-05-16 GEORGETOWN, Texas, United States Serious 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N54094

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

CESSNA 172P

Year of manufacture

1981

Engine

LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES (180 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19810408

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A6DB9C

Registrant of record

MUSTANG SALLY AVIATION 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

SCHWEIZER SGS2-8 · N54094

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

C

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — level (EA)

Operator type

L

Airport

GEORGETOWN

Kind of flying

A0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

160° / 7 kt

Temp

88° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000000040

Total time

903 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Flight instructor (CFI)

Total hours

1,719

Age

33

Investigator remarks

HIT GRND DURING SPIN RECOVERY.

Cause factors

  • 66/A/16 A
    DUAL STUDENT Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 64/A/30 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT Cause — pilot/personnel action

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 0681. Source file NTSB_1971_3_0681.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.