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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event MIA74FKG14

1973-08-20 CORDELE, Georgia, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N7CE

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

CESSNA 206H

Year of manufacture

1999

Engine

LYCOMING IO-540 SER (300 hp)

Seats / Engines

6 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

20040602

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A95013

Registrant of record

GERHARDSTEIN GREGORY V

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N7CE Globe GC-1B 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

GLOBE GC-1B · N7CE

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Takeoff — initial climb (C1)

Operator type

D

Airport

CORDELE

Kind of flying

DC

Weather at impact

Sky

SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET

Temp

80° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000001344

Total time

1,835 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

2,250

Age

42

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

LDG GR-L GR NOT LOCKED BFR T/D DUE INSF EXTN TIME.

Investigator remarks

FUEL PUMP AC1523066 SHAFT MISSING.ARM,BOSSE WORN

Cause factors

68/C/D6 C
PERSONNEL INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION Cause
74/C/CH C
POWERPLANT PUMPS Cause
88/C/BQ C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS EXCESSIVE-WEAR/PLAY Cause
88/C/90 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS MISSING Cause
84/B/J B
MISCELLANEOUS WRITTEN CAUSE

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 2518. Source file NTSB_1973_3_2518.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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