NTSB CAROL · Event
Event MIA75FKG54
Registry · N5867R
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
CESSNA 172G
Engine
CONT MOTOR 0-300 SER (145 hp)
Seats / Engines
4 seats · 1 engine
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A78F8F
Registrant of record
GOATLEY JOHN E
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 172G · N5867R
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EE
Operator type
Business
Airport
BAXLEY MUNI
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
OVERCAST
Wind
090° / 5 kt
Temp
75° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
000017253536
Total time
1,430 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
254
Age
22
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
IN,ENG HESITATED.
Investigator remarks
LOW ON APCH.STUDENT PLT AT CTLS,SLAMMED THROTTLE
Cause factors
- 65/C/48 C COPILOT Cause
- 65/B/21 B COPILOT
- 64/C/30 C PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT 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 0408.
Source file
NTSB_1975_3_0408.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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