NTSB CAROL · Event
Event MIA73DLG04
Registry · N563N
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
CURTISS-ROBERTSON 4C-1A
Engine
CONT MOTOR W670 SERIES (250 hp)
Seats / Engines
3 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19600915
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A7333B
Registrant of record
NICHOLS ELIZABETH W
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
CURTIS-WRT 4C-1A · N563N
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Cruise — descent (EF)
Operator type
D
Airport
COLUMBIA METRO
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
Wind
150° / 8 kt
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000000712
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
3,750
Age
49
Investigator remarks
REQD BY TWR TO EXPEDITE LDG.HIT RWY SIGN.
Cause factors
- 64/C/28 C PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS Cause
- 64/L/50 L PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED SPEED
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 4125.
Source file
NTSB_1972_3_4125.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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