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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event IAD71FIG28

1971-04-25 FALLSTON, Maryland, United States Minor 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N7028G

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

CESSNA 172K

Year of manufacture

1969 · 2 years old at event

Engine

LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES (180 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19691006

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A95F73

Registrant of record

KATHOL DONAVIN J

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N7028G Cessna 172K Minor

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

CESSNA 172K · N7028G

Damage

Destroyed

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EE

Operator type

Personal/private

Airport

FALLSTON

Kind of flying

A1

Weather at impact

Sky

BROKEN

Wind

270° / 29 kt

Aircraft history

Serial number

000172-58728

Total time

445 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Airline transport

Total hours

36

Age

27

Investigator remarks

X-WND LDG,GUSTS TO 29K.

Cause factors

64/C/29 C
PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Cause
64/C/02 C
PILOT IN COMMAND ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL Cause
68/C/C0 C
PERSONNEL INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT Cause
82/C/H C
WEATHER UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS 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 1344. Source file NTSB_1971_3_1344.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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