NTSB CAROL · Event
Event FTW72AF032
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 M21 · N5603Q
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dusk
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
DC
Operator type
D
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
OVERCAST
Wind
110° / 5 kt
Temp
70° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000003000
Total time
1,273 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
2,500
Age
63
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
Y SPARSELY POPULATED AREA.DSNDD WINGS LVL ATTITUDE
Investigator remarks
RCVRY DATE 12/8/71. NIGHT,KNOWN LOW CEILINGS,VER
Cause factors
- 64/A/04 A PILOT IN COMMAND CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/66 A PILOT IN COMMAND SPATIAL DISORIENTATION Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 82/A/A A WEATHER LOW CEILING Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 83/A/Y A TERRAIN OTHER 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 4244.
Source file
NTSB_1971_3_4244.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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