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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event IAD74FIA07

1973-11-02 BEALTON, Virginia, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N1670G

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

CHAMPION 7GCBC

Year of manufacture

1968 · 5 years old at event

Engine

LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES (180 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19680917

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A10E0E

Registrant of record

KING JOHN D

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N1670G Champion 7GCBC 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

CHAMPION 7GCBC · N1670G

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EE

Operator type

D

Airport

FLYING CIRCUS

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

180° / 10 kt

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000000137

Total time

304 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

533

Age

26

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

20K.

Investigator remarks

ACFT DRIFTED SIDEWARD DRG TOUCHDOWN.WIND GUSTING

Cause factors

64/C/28 C
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS Cause
64/C/79 C
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL Cause
88/K/94 K
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OVERLOAD FAILURE 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 3399. Source file NTSB_1973_3_3399.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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