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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event FTW73FRJ07

1972-08-05 SHREVEPORT, Louisiana, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N7600F

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

CHAMPION 7KCAB

Engine

LYCOMING IO-320 SERIES (150 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19700203

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S AA43E6

Registrant of record

GILES FORREST D

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N7600F Champion 7KCAB None

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

CHAMPION 7KCAB · N7600F

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — descent (EF)

Operator type

Personal/private

Airport

DOWNTOWN AIRPORT

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

150° / 3 kt

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000245-70

Total time

398 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

137

Age

25

Cause factors

64/C/79 C
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL Cause
88/K/94 K
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OVERLOAD FAILURE Joint factor

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 2735. Source file NTSB_1972_3_2735.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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