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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event FTW72FRD13

1971-10-17 KENTWOOD, Louisiana, United States Minor 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N2909T

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

AERO COMMANDER 200D

Engine

CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES (285 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19660531

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A2F91F

Registrant of record

SMITH DAVID W

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N2909T AERO COMDR 200D Minor

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

AERO COMDR 200D · N2909T

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

D1

Operator type

D

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

OVERCAST

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000000314

Total time

899 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

513

Age

35

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

WIRES BEYOND TREES,WIRES NOT VIS DUE GND SHADOWS.

Investigator remarks

CON ROD BOLT BROKE.DRG LDG APCH TO HWY ACFT HIT

Cause factors

74/C/AC C
POWERPLANT MASTER AND CONNECTING RODS Cause
88/C/95 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS MATERIAL FAILURE Cause
83/B/I B
TERRAIN HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS

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 4459. Source file NTSB_1971_3_4459.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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