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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event MIA71DLA01

1970-07-03 PANACEA, Florida, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N46434

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

BAILEY MAYES DRAGONFLY

Year of manufacture

2001

Engine

ROTAX 582UL (65 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

20100128

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A5AB55

Registrant of record

RADFORD RHETT L

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N46434 Cessna 172K 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

CESSNA 172K · N46434

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

C4

Operator type

Personal/private

Airport

WAKULLA COUNTY

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET

Temp

90° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

00017257265

Total time

1,025 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

341

Age

24

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

S ON 2/3 OF RWY.

Investigator remarks

NEAR MAX GROSS WT. GRASS ON RWY 3-4 FT HIGH. RUT

Cause factors

64/C/29 C
PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Cause
64/C/35 C
PILOT IN COMMAND SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN Cause
64/B/06 B
PILOT IN COMMAND DELAYED ACTION IN ABORTING TAKEOFF
88/K/94 K
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OVERLOAD FAILURE Joint factor
80/L/BI L
AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES HIGH VEGETATION
80/L/BK L
AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES POORLY MAINTAINED RUNWAY SURFACE

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 2875. Source file NTSB_1970_3_2875.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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