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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event FTW75DPG39

1975-03-22 WEST MEMPHIS, Arkansas, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

N1246X Mooney M20E 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

MOONEY M20E · N1246X

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Night

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Takeoff — initial climb (C1)

Operator type

Personal/private

Airport

WEST MEMPHIS

Kind of flying

DB

Weather at impact

Sky

SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET

Temp

50° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000000119

Total time

2,072 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Flight instructor (CFI)

Total hours

1,570

Age

30

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

T CK.RET TO FLD TO AVOID DITCH AT END OF RWY.

Investigator remarks

PLT FAILED TO DRAIN FUEL SUMPS PRIOR TO MAINT FL

Cause factors

64/C/29 C
PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Cause
88/C/87 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS WATER IN FUEL Cause
84/B/7 B
MISCELLANEOUS EVASIVE MANEUVER TO AVOID COLLISION
80/B/BY B
AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES OTHER

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 0556. Source file NTSB_1975_3_0556.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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