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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event FTW73FPG56

1973-06-05 WEST MEMPHIS, Arkansas, United States Serious 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N20397

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

RICH BURRIS Y MONO-FLY

Year of manufacture

1983

Engine

KAWASAKI ALL MDLS A/B

Seats / Engines

1 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19830930

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A1A0DB

Registrant of record

RICH BURRUS Y

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N20397 Cessna 172M Serious

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

CESSNA 172M · N20397

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

D1

Operator type

Part 121 (air carrier)

Airport

WEST MEMPHIS MUN

Kind of flying

A1

Weather at impact

Sky

BROKEN

Temp

80° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000017261257

Total time

188 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Airline transport

Total hours

95

Age

25

Investigator remarks

RPM DECAYED TO APRX 1400.

Cause factors

64/C/21 C
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS Cause
88/C/02 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS ANTI-ICING/DEICING EQUIPMENT-IMPROPER OPERATION OF/OR FAILED TO USE Cause
88/C/72 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS ICE-CARBURETOR Cause
83/B/I B
TERRAIN HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS
82/L/G L
WEATHER CONDITIONS CONDUCIVE TO CARB./INDUCTION SYSTEM ICING

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 1262. Source file NTSB_1973_3_1262.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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