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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event FTW82FQA07

1981-10-20 ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N1718M

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

STINSON L-5

Engine

LYCOMING 0-435A/0-435C (190 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19770725

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A12060

Registrant of record

GRIFFIN JOHN M

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N1718M Stinson L-5 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

STINSON L-5 · N1718M

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — descent (EF)

Operator type

D

Airport

CORONADO

Kind of flying

DD

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

235° / 5 kt

Aircraft history

Serial number

000042-14927

Total time

3,000 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

960

Age

37

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

Y.ENCTRG HI WEEDS & RUT.

Investigator remarks

GND LOOP AFT MNVRG TO AVOID ULTRA-LGT ACFT ON RW

Cause factors

84/C/7 C
MISCELLANEOUS EVASIVE MANEUVER TO AVOID COLLISION Cause
68/L/K9 L
PERSONNEL OTHER
80/K/BI K
AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES HIGH VEGETATION Joint factor
80/K/BJ K
AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES HIDDEN HAZARD 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 2533. Source file NTSB_1981_3_2533.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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