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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event FTW81FPG61

1981-08-12 MALVERN, Arkansas, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N9MG

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

LANCAIR LANCAIR 320

Year of manufacture

1999

Engine

LYCOMING IO-320 SERIES (150 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

20260306

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S AC6B94

Registrant of record

ROSSMANN WILLIAM L

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N9MG Piper PA-23 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

PIPER PA-23 · N9MG

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EJ

Operator type

D

Airport

MALVERN MUNI

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Temp

85° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

0027-7304968

Total time

930 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Flight instructor (CFI)

Total hours

8,000

Age

52

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

OVRSHOOTING,R ENG DID NOT RESPOND.

Investigator remarks

PRACTICING SINGLE ENG LNDG W R ENG AT IDLE.AFTER

Cause factors

64/C/46 C
PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED Cause
74/C/KA C
POWERPLANT POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS Cause
64/B/07 B
PILOT IN COMMAND DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND
88/L/85 L
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS SIMULATED CONDITIONS

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 1689. Source file NTSB_1981_3_1689.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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