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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event FTW72FRA23

1971-12-08 HOUSTON, Texas, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N110G

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

BEECH 200

Year of manufacture

1980

Engine

P&W CANADA PT6A-60A (1050 hp)

Seats / Engines

11 seats · 2 engines

Last airworthiness date

19801223

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A02CC9

Registrant of record

GO SOAR 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

LOCKHEED 1329 · N110G

Damage

None

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

C

Light condition

Dusk

Weather

IMC

Phase of flight

ED

Operator type

Business

Airport

WM P.HOBBY

Kind of flying

B3

Weather at impact

Sky

OBSCURATION

Wind

140° / 16 kt

Temp

67° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000005007

Total time

4,755 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

DA (DA)

Total hours

17,510

Age

51

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

OF RWY,LNDD OK.

Investigator remarks

WENT BLO GLIDE SLOPE,HIT TRUCK CAB 1350 FT SHORT

Cause factors

  • 64/A/26 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER IFR OPERATION Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 64/A/48 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 88/J/22 J
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS POORLY PLANNED APPROACH Joint cause
  • 82/J/B J
    WEATHER RAIN 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 5 0039. Source file NTSB_1971_5_0039.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.