NTSB CAROL · Event
Event FTW76AF003
Registry · N71CR
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
MOONEY M20C
Year of manufacture
1963 · 12 years old at event
Engine
LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER (180 hp)
Seats / Engines
4 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19630318
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A979F6
Registrant of record
SOTO ARTURO J
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
GRUMMAN G-159 · N71CR
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dusk
Weather
IMC
Phase of flight
EK
Operator type
Business
Airport
ADDISON
Kind of flying
B3
Weather at impact
Sky
OBSCURATION
Wind
300° / 4 kt
Temp
77° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000000163
Total time
10,950 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
DA (DA)
Total hours
10,705
Age
40
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
ED GO ARND & CRASHED ON RWY.
Investigator remarks
ACFT ENCNTRD HVY RAIN ON SHORT FINAL,PLT INITIAT
Cause factors
- 82/A/I A WEATHER WIND SHEAR Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 82/A/J A WEATHER SUDDEN WINDSHIFT Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 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
3 1865.
Source file
NTSB_1975_3_1865.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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