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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event MIA80FA019

1979-12-16 EUFAULA, Alabama, United States Fatal 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N7711C

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

NORTH AMERICAN/AERO CLASSICS P-51D

Year of manufacture

1958 · 21 years old at event

Engine

PKRD-ROLL V1650 SERIES (1490 hp)

Seats / Engines

1 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19580418

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S AA6F3C

Registrant of record

CROUTCH MARVIN L

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

N AMERICAN P-51D · N7711C

Damage

Destroyed

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

IMC

Phase of flight

D7

Operator type

D

Airport

WEEDON

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED

Aircraft history

Serial number

00044-72936N

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

5,000

Age

38

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

TO CRASH. NEAREST WX RPPT-600 BRKN,2500 OVRCST.

Investigator remarks

WITNESSES OBSD ACFT ROLL TWICE & ENTER CLD PRIOR

Cause factors

  • 64/A/27 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 82/J/A J
    WEATHER LOW CEILING Joint cause
  • 88/J/14 J
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING Joint 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 3188. Source file NTSB_1979_3_3188.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.