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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event MIA71FKG97

1971-06-21 FOLKSTON, Georgia, United States Minor 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N2704U

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

CESSNA 335

Engine

CONT MOTOR TSIO-520 SER (300 hp)

Seats / Engines

6 seats · 2 engines

Last airworthiness date

19791019

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A2A973

Registrant of record

MATHESON THOMAS BLAIR

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N2704U Cessna 172D 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

CESSNA 172D · N2704U

Damage

Destroyed

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

D1

Operator type

D

Kind of flying

DD

Weather at impact

Sky

SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET

Aircraft history

Serial number

000172-50304

Total time

2,008 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

558

Age

21

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

TO AVOID WIRES,STALLED ACFT.

Investigator remarks

NR 4 ROD CAME THRU TOP OF CRNKCASE.PLT PULLED UP

Cause factors

74/C/AC C
POWERPLANT MASTER AND CONNECTING RODS Cause
84/B/7 B
MISCELLANEOUS EVASIVE MANEUVER TO AVOID COLLISION
64/K/35 K
PILOT IN COMMAND SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN 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 2231. Source file NTSB_1971_3_2231.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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