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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event MIA73DKT98

1973-05-18 TAVERNIER, Florida, United States Minor 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N3657N

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

MOONEY M-20G

Year of manufacture

1967 · 6 years old at event

Engine

LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER (180 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19671206

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A42239

Registrant of record

ESTES AVIATION LLC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N3657N Mooney M20G 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

MOONEY M20G · N3657N

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EE

Operator type

D

Airport

TAVERNAERO

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Temp

85° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000680027

Total time

463 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

172

Age

47

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

D VARIABLE.

Investigator remarks

COLLIDED WTH LARGE BOULDERS WX BRIEF BY ATIS.WIN

Cause factors

64/C/46 C
PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED Cause
64/B/82 B
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO INITIATE GO-AROUND
80/K/BY K
AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES OTHER Joint factor
82/L/H L
WEATHER UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS
88/3/AW 3
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FEMALE PILOT Subordinate · 3

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 1461. Source file NTSB_1973_3_1461.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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