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MIA74FKG49

1974-01-14 · COVINGTON, Georgia, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

N222HH has since been reassigned. It is now registered to a different aircraft (KODIAK AIRCRAFT CO INC KODIAK 100, built 2022), which was not involved in this event.

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
MITSUBISHI MU-2K · N222HH
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dusk
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EE
Operator type
Business
Airport
COVINGTON
Kind of flying
B3

Weather at impact

Sky
OVERCAST

Aircraft history

Serial number
000000000240
Total time
936 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
Flight instructor (CFI)
Total hours
5,360
Age
29

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

E OBSTRUCTED.L ENG RESISTS DEC IN TORQUE.

Investigator remarks

FUEL CTL OUT OF ADJUSTMENT.MOISTURE BLEED ORIFIC

Cause factors

  • 64/A/10 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO EXTEND LANDING GEAR Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 64/A/08 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 74/J/SE J
    POWERPLANT FUEL CONTROL Joint cause
  • 68/J/D0 J
    PERSONNEL IMPROPER MAINTENANCE (MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL) Joint cause

Decoded against the NTSB Form 6120.4 cause-factor codebook (ct_Pre1982 table).

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 0513. Source file NTSB_1974_3_0513.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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