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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event MIA77FKG68

1977-09-23 ATLANTA, Georgia, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N72V

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

GRANVILLE BROTHERS AIRCRAFT E

Seats / Engines

1 seats · 1 engine

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A9A30E

Registrant of record

HARRIS JOEL E

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N72V Beech 18S 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

BEECH 18S · N72V

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

E

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — descent (EF)

Operator type

Public use

Airport

ATLANTA INTL

Kind of flying

CS

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Aircraft history

Serial number

0000000BA340

Total time

8,424 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Flight instructor (CFI)

Total hours

1,710

Age

23

Investigator remarks

APRX 2000 LBS OVR MAX GWT.

Cause factors

64/C/79 C
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL Cause
88/L/26 L
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS STOLEN OR UNAUTHORIZED USE OF AIRCRAFT

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 3742. Source file NTSB_1977_3_3742.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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