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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event MIA73DKG74

1973-04-29 VILLA RICA, Georgia, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N9256M

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

MOONEY M20C

Year of manufacture

1966 · 7 years old at event

Engine

LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER (180 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19660624

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S ACD3F3

Registrant of record

LONE STAR MAGNI GYRO INC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N9256M Mooney M20C 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 M20C · N9256M

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EE

Operator type

Personal/private

Airport

MCCREIDIE

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

160° / 3 kt

Temp

74° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000003453

Total time

1,044 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

1,283

Age

43

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

T RWY.

Investigator remarks

ACFT OBSVD LDG NO FLAP.T/D ABT MIDPOINT ON 2200F

Cause factors

64/C/46 C
PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED Cause
64/L/71 L
PILOT IN COMMAND MISUSED OR FAILED TO USE FLAPS
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 1211. Source file NTSB_1973_3_1211.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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