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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event MIA71AM022

1970-09-04 CHATTANOOGA, Tennessee, United States Fatal 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N4417P

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

TAYLORCRAFT F21B

Engine

LYCOMING 0-235 SERIES (115 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19860313

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A551AF

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N4417P Piper PA-23 Fatal

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

PIPER PA-23 · N4417P

Damage

Destroyed

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

D1

Operator type

Personal/private

Airport

LOVELL

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

OVERCAST

Wind

270° / 8 kt

Temp

82° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

0000023-1930

Total time

2,358 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Age

42

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

STALLED DURG STEEP TURN TO FINAL FOR LDG ON RWY 2.

Investigator remarks

TOO HI ON SINGLE ENG APCH TO RWY 20,WENT AROUND,

Cause factors

74/C/KA C
POWERPLANT POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS Cause
64/B/16 B
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED
64/K/46 K
PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED Joint factor
88/K/22 K
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS POORLY PLANNED APPROACH 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 1616. Source file NTSB_1970_3_1616.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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