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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event MIA74FLG05

1973-08-07 ABBEVILLE, South Carolina, United States Minor 2 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N2731Q

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

CESSNA 182K

Year of manufacture

1967 · 6 years old at event

Engine

CONT MOTOR O-470 SERIES (230 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19670127

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A2B42B

Registrant of record

31Q 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

CESSNA 182K · N2731Q

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — descent (EF)

Operator type

Business

Airport

DAVIS FIELD

Kind of flying

B2

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000005750

Total time

3,009 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Flight instructor (CFI)

Total hours

1,800

Age

59

Investigator remarks

WOOD ROT IN PROP.LNDD IN PEACH ORCHARD.

Cause factors

68/C/D6 C
PERSONNEL INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION Cause
70/C/CJ C
AIRFRAME BRAKING SYSTEM (NORMAL SYSTEM) Cause
88/C/90 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS MISSING 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 2163. Source file NTSB_1973_3_2163.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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