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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event MIA74FKG39

1973-10-20 KENNESAW, Georgia, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

N347R AERO COMDR 680-FL 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

AERO COMDR 680-FL · N347R

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

E

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EE

Operator type

Business

Airport

MCCOLLUM

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Temp

54° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000001333-18

Total time

3,010 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

1,115

Age

46

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

LOOP TO L STOPPED IN SOFT DIRT.

Investigator remarks

DEEP GRAVEL PIT AT END OF RWY.PLT ELECTED TO GND

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
88/K/DF K
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS INTENTIONAL GROUND-WATER-LOOP-SWERVE Joint factor
80/K/BF K
AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES SOFT SHOULDERS Joint factor
88/K/94 K
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OVERLOAD FAILURE 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 4083. Source file NTSB_1973_3_4083.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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