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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event MIA71FKG12

1970-07-25 THOMSON, Georgia, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N3532Q

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

FAIRCHILD SA227-DC

Year of manufacture

1996

Engine

GARRETT TPE331-12UHR (1100 hp)

Seats / Engines

25 seats · 2 engines

Last airworthiness date

20170727

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A3F29F

Registrant of record

NEW MOUNTAIN AVIATION LLC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N3532Q Cessna 188A 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 188A · N3532Q

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

DK

Operator type

Part 135 (air taxi/commuter)

Airport

THOMSON-MCDUFFIE

Kind of flying

CA

Weather at impact

Sky

UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED

Temp

85° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

0000188-0482

Total time

305 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

DA (DA)

Total hours

17,000

Age

44

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

O AIR CTL UNIT WORN.

Investigator remarks

BOLT SECURING UPPER END ROD ASSY P/N 0750169-6 T

Cause factors

74/C/I0 C
POWERPLANT THROTTLE-POWER LEVER ASSEMBLIES Cause
88/C/BM C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS DISCONNECTED Cause
83/B/I B
TERRAIN HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS

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 3506. Source file NTSB_1970_3_3506.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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