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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event MIA64A0050

1963-11-01 ATLANTA, Georgia, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N823D

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

CESSNA 172S

Year of manufacture

2020

Engine

LYCOMING IO-360-L2A (180 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

20201008

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S AB3C4B

Registrant of record

ALF IX LLC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N823D Douglas DC-7B 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

DOUGLAS DC-7B · N823D

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

IMC

Phase of flight

D1

Weather at impact

Sky

OBSCURATION

Pilot

Certificate

DA (DA)

Investigator remarks

TOP 18 IN OF RUDDER MISSING. LANDED SAFELY.

Cause factors

82/A/Q A
WEATHER LIGHTNING STRIKE Cause — pilot/personnel action
82/J/X J
WEATHER THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY 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 1 0060. Source file NTSB_1963_1_0060.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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