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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event MIA72DKG46

1971-10-03 WAYCROSS, Georgia, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

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-28 · N6954W

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EE

Operator type

Part 121 (air carrier)

Airport

WARE COUNTY

Kind of flying

A1

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

280° / 10 kt

Aircraft history

Serial number

000028-21146

Total time

2,641 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Airline transport

Total hours

38

Age

25

Investigator remarks

BALLOONED DRG LVL OFF HIT HARD ON NOSE GR.

Cause factors

  • 64/C/25 C
    PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER LEVEL OFF Cause
  • 88/K/94 K
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OVERLOAD FAILURE 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 4470. Source file NTSB_1971_3_4470.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.