NTSB CAROL · Event
Event IAD71II047
Registry · N245P
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
CIRRUS DESIGN SR22
Year of manufacture
2004
TCDS
A00009CH · CIRRUS DESIGN CORP
Engine
CONT MOTOR IO-550 SERIES (300 hp)
Seats / Engines
4 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
20041202
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A243D7
Registrant of record
MAGRUDER ADAM
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
NIHON YS-11A · N245P
Damage
Minor
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
C
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EE
Airport
SMITH REYNOLDS
Weather at impact
Sky
UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
Aircraft history
Serial number
Z
Pilot
Certificate
GA (GA)
Total hours
19,210
Age
45
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
HEARED ALLOWED DOORS TO CLOSE WITH GR UP.
Investigator remarks
UN LOWER L MLG.BOLTS OF L GR DOOR ACTUATOR BAR S
Cause factors
- 70/A/CB A AIRFRAME NORMAL RETRACTION/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 70/A/CC A AIRFRAME EMERGENCY/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/A/CD A MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS JAMMED Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/A/95 A MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS MATERIAL FAILURE Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/A/DG A MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS INTENTIONAL WHEELS-UP Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/J/27 J MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS LANDED ON FOAMED RUNWAY 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
4 0017.
Source file
NTSB_1971_4_0017.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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