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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event MIA72FKT06

1971-08-05 MIAMI, Florida, United States Minor 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N7916C

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

CIRRUS DESIGN SR22T

Year of manufacture

2017

Engine

CONT MOTOR TSIO-550-K (315 hp)

Seats / Engines

5 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

20170427

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S AABEE9

Registrant of record

ECHELON CAPITAL AVIATION LLC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N7916C Grumman SCAN30 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

GRUMMAN SCAN30 · N7916C

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

C0

Operator type

E

Airport

CHALK SPB

Kind of flying

DB

Weather at impact

Sky

UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED

Wind

120° / 4 kt

Temp

76° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000000032

Total time

100 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

7,680

Age

42

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

TO PITCH DOWN. FLAPS FULL DOWN,CG ABOUT FWD LIMITS

Investigator remarks

FLT TEST FOR APPROVAL OF ENGS. PLT ALLOWED NOSE

Cause factors

64/A/23 A
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS Cause — pilot/personnel action
64/J/71 J
PILOT IN COMMAND MISUSED OR FAILED TO USE FLAPS Joint cause
88/J/91 J
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS TOUCH AND GO LANDING Joint cause
88/J/88 J
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER Joint cause

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 2885. Source file NTSB_1971_3_2885.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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