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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event MIA81FLD65

1981-09-17 TAMPA, Florida, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N7969Q

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

CESSNA 401B

Engine

CONT MOTOR TSIO-520 SER (300 hp)

Seats / Engines

8 seats · 2 engines

Last airworthiness date

19710810

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S AAD1F1

Registrant of record

BADENHOPE JOHN R

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N7969Q Cessna 401B 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

CESSNA 401B · N7969Q

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

IMC

Phase of flight

C0

Operator type

Business

Airport

VANDERBERG

Kind of flying

B9

Weather at impact

Sky

OVERCAST

Temp

75° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

0000401B0109

Total time

407 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

8,150

Age

39

Investigator remarks

ACFT DONATED FOR TRANSPORTING INJURED PAX.

Cause factors

64/C/79 C
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL Cause
64/B/06 B
PILOT IN COMMAND DELAYED ACTION IN ABORTING TAKEOFF
80/L/BA L
AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES WET RUNWAY

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 2171. Source file NTSB_1981_3_2171.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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