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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event MIA76FKJ36

1975-12-17 ALABASTER, Alabama, United States Minor 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

N7177U Mooney M21 Minor

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

MOONEY M21 · N7177U

Damage

Destroyed

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

IMC

Phase of flight

EB

Operator type

Business

Airport

SHELBY COUNTY

Kind of flying

B3

Weather at impact

Sky

BROKEN/LOWER SCATTERED

Temp

42° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000002759

Total time

1,885 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Flight instructor (CFI)

Total hours

3,180

Age

30

Investigator remarks

CARB OPENED ONLY FEW DROPS FUEL FOUND.

Cause factors

64/C/29 C
PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Cause
64/C/32 C
PILOT IN COMMAND MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL Cause
88/C/63 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FUEL EXHAUSTION Cause
64/B/54 B
PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED CLEARANCE

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 3939. Source file NTSB_1975_3_3939.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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