NTSB CAROL · Event
Event MIA73FKG68
Registry · N469P
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
BEECH F33A
Seats / Engines
5 seats · 1 engine
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A5BC4F
Registrant of record
OLD BLACK DOG LLC
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
N.AMERICAN P-51D · N469P
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Cruise — descent (EF)
Operator type
D
Airport
FULTON COUNTY
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
BROKEN
Wind
320° / 10 kt
Aircraft history
Serial number
000044-73240
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
3,700
Age
38
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
HINK FULL PWR USED FOR GO-AROUND.HIT 7 OTR ACFT.
Investigator remarks
LDG RWY 32-26L CHOSE 26L,X-WND.PLT OBS DID NOT T
Cause factors
- 64/C/80 C PILOT IN COMMAND SELECTED WRONG RUNWAY RELATIVE TO EXISTING WIND Cause
- 64/C/25 C PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER LEVEL OFF Cause
- 64/C/79 C PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL Cause
- 64/B/16 B PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED
- 64/B/21 B PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS
- 80/K/BY K AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES OTHER 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 1586.
Source file
NTSB_1973_3_1586.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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