NTSB CAROL · Event
Event MIA73DKJ48
Registry · N6797U
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
MOONEY M20C
Year of manufacture
1963 · 10 years old at event
Engine
LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER (180 hp)
Seats / Engines
4 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19630605
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A90087
Registrant of record
HEIDENREICH PETER
Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).
Aircraft involved
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 M20-C · N6797U
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dusk
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Cruise — descent (EF)
Operator type
D
Airport
BAY MINETTE
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Wind
270° / — kt
Temp
65° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000002509
Total time
1,260 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
379
Age
35
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
ST CTL,HIT DITCH.
Investigator remarks
L TIRE FLAT DRG LDG ROLL,PLT INITIATED GOARND,LO
Cause factors
- 64/C/79 C PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL Cause
- 64/B/44 B PILOT IN COMMAND SPONTANEOUS-IMPROPER ACTION
- 70/L/CF L AIRFRAME WHEELS,TIRES,AXLES
- 88/L/95 L MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS MATERIAL FAILURE
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 0633.
Source file
NTSB_1973_3_0633.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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