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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event LAX73OL003

1972-07-24 MAZATLAN, MX, United States Minor 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N422T

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

JUST AIRCRAFT LLC SUPERSTOL

Year of manufacture

2016

Engine

ROTAX 912ULS SERIES (100 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

20180118

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A504B6

Registrant of record

HUGHES JUSTIN

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N422T Beech C-18S 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

BEECH C-18S · N422T

Damage

Destroyed

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

D1

Operator type

D

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Temp

70° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

0000000A-407

Total time

3,060 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

320

Age

32

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

CAN GOVERNMENT.

Investigator remarks

INVESTIGATION UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF THE MEXI

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 6 0049. Source file NTSB_1972_6_0049.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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