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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event MIA73DKG67

1973-04-03 QUITMAN, Georgia, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N5548Q

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

SOCATA TB 10

Year of manufacture

1991

Engine

LYCOMING 0-360-A1D (180 hp)

Seats / Engines

5 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19910624

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A711C6

Registrant of record

KLASSIC RIDES LLC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N5548Q Mooney M21 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

MOONEY M21 · N5548Q

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — descent (EF)

Operator type

Business

Airport

QUITMAN-BROOKS CO

Kind of flying

B2

Weather at impact

Sky

UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED

Temp

60° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000000127

Total time

1,800 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

894

Age

45

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

ERSHOOT OR GO AROUND ELECTED TO GND LOOP HIT FENCE

Investigator remarks

WIND VARIABLE GUSTING 60K.IN AN EFFORT NOT TO OV

Cause factors

64/C/46 C
PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED Cause
82/C/H C
WEATHER UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS Cause
88/B/DF B
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS INTENTIONAL GROUND-WATER-LOOP-SWERVE
82/L/M L
WEATHER DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS
80/L/BA L
AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES WET RUNWAY

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 1058. Source file NTSB_1973_3_1058.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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