NTSB CAROL · Event
Event MKC71DCG15
Registry · N2716W
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
MOONEY M20E
Year of manufacture
1966 · 4 years old at event
Engine
LYCOMING I0360 SER (180 hp)
Seats / Engines
4 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19660216
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A2AD72
Registrant of record
BIG SKY AVIATION LLC
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
MOONEY M20E · N2716W
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
B0
Operator type
D
Airport
FAIRFAX
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
Wind
130° / 14 kt
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000001025
Total time
608 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Airline transport
Total hours
34
Age
37
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
0FT EAST OF TAXIWAY IN TIME TO AVOID.
Investigator remarks
PLT TUNING RADIO DID NOT SEE DUMP TRUCK PARKED 4
Cause factors
- 64/A/08 A PILOT IN COMMAND DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/15 A PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS Cause — pilot/personnel action
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 3377.
Source file
NTSB_1970_3_3377.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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