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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event MIA72FKG68

1972-01-13 ATHENS, Georgia, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N3825Q

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

CESSNA 172L

Year of manufacture

1971 · 1 years old at event

Engine

LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES (180 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19710802

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A465CE

Registrant of record

FISCHER ROGER G

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N3825Q Cessna 172L 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 172L · N3825Q

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

D1

Operator type

D

Airport

ATHENS MUNI

Kind of flying

B2

Weather at impact

Sky

BROKEN

Wind

180° / 10 kt

Temp

60° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000017259925

Total time

178 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

15,000

Age

57

Investigator remarks

REFUELING FACILITY CHECKED,FOUND OK.

Cause factors

64/C/29 C
PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Cause
88/C/87 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS WATER IN FUEL Cause
83/B/F B
TERRAIN ROUGH/UNEVEN
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 0237. Source file NTSB_1972_3_0237.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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