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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event MIA72DKG39

1971-09-13 LOGANVILLE, Georgia, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N4352A

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

PIPER PA-22-150

Engine

LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES (180 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19560206

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A53850

Registrant of record

BRITO ANGELO M

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N4352A Piper PA-22 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

PIPER PA-22 · N4352A

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EE

Operator type

D

Airport

KING

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

315° / 10 kt

Aircraft history

Serial number

0000022-3708

Total time

1,788 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

1,890

Age

64

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

LOOPED TO AVOID TREE OTR END,FLIPPED OVER.

Investigator remarks

ONE WAY STRIP DUE TREES.WIND GUSTING 20K.GROUND

Cause factors

64/C/33 C
PILOT IN COMMAND EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT Cause
84/B/7 B
MISCELLANEOUS EVASIVE MANEUVER TO AVOID COLLISION
88/B/DF B
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS INTENTIONAL GROUND-WATER-LOOP-SWERVE
64/L/46 L
PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED
82/L/H L
WEATHER UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS
88/L/AQ L
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS DOWNWIND
80/L/BY L
AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES OTHER

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 3683. Source file NTSB_1971_3_3683.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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