NTSB CAROL · Event
Event FTW81DQG13
Registry · N1027T
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
MOONEY M20R
Year of manufacture
2003
Engine
CONT MOTOR IO-550 SERIES (300 hp)
Seats / Engines
2 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
20030925
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A00F81
Registrant of record
EYE CANDY AIRCRAFT LLC
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
BEECH A23-19 · N1027T
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EE
Operator type
Part 121 (air carrier)
Airport
TRADEWIND
Kind of flying
A0
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Wind
210° / 23 kt
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000MB-824
Total time
1,950 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Flight instructor (CFI)
Total hours
265
Age
21
Cause factors
- 66/A/25 A DUAL STUDENT Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/30 A PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 82/J/H J WEATHER UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS 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 0359.
Source file
NTSB_1981_3_0359.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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