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IAD74FLJ44

1974-05-19 · ERWIN, North Carolina, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Current FAA registration · N378A

Make / Model
MOONEY M-18L
Engine
LYCOMING 0-145B SERIES (65 hp)
Seats / Engines
1 seats · 1 engine
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A45183

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
MOONEY M-18L · N378A
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
IMC
Phase of flight
Cruise — descent (EF)
Operator type
D
Kind of flying
B0

Weather at impact

Sky
OVERCAST

Aircraft history

Serial number
000000000039
Total time
100 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
188
Age
34

Investigator remarks

LNDD ON PLOWED FLD DUE LO FUEL.

Cause factors

  • 64/A/35 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 64/A/29 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 83/J/F J
    TERRAIN ROUGH/UNEVEN Joint cause
  • 88/J/94 J
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OVERLOAD FAILURE Joint cause

Decoded against the NTSB Form 6120.4 cause-factor codebook (ct_Pre1982 table).

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 1946. Source file NTSB_1974_3_1946.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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