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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event MIA72DKG61

1971-12-23 ATHENS, Georgia, United States Minor 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N3852R

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

CESSNA 172H

Year of manufacture

1966 · 5 years old at event

Engine

CONT MOTOR 0-300 SER (145 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19661014

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A4708B

Registrant of record

CHRISTMAN MIKE G

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N3852R Cessna 172H 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 172H · N3852R

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

D1

Operator type

D

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

OVERCAST

Aircraft history

Serial number

000017255352

Total time

784 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Airline transport

Total hours

68

Age

48

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

LNDD IN TRESS.

Investigator remarks

CONTD VFR FLT OVR OVC,BCM LOST,EXHSTD FUEL,CRASH

Cause factors

64/C/04 C
PILOT IN COMMAND CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS Cause
64/C/03 C
PILOT IN COMMAND BECAME LOST/DISORIENTED Cause
88/C/63 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FUEL EXHAUSTION Cause
83/K/I K
TERRAIN HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS 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 4176. Source file NTSB_1971_3_4176.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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