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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event MKC71DDM09

1970-07-02 PEQUOT LAKES, Minnesota, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N3246L

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

CESSNA 172H

Year of manufacture

1967 · 3 years old at event

Engine

CONT MOTOR 0-300 SER (145 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19670511

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A38061

Registrant of record

STEPHENS DAVID J

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N3246L Cessna 172H 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 172H · N3246L

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

C4

Operator type

Business

Airport

BREEZY POINT

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Temp

85° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000017256146

Total time

985 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Flight instructor (CFI)

Total hours

394

Age

34

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

TO AVOID LOGS AT END OF RWY.

Investigator remarks

WINDS VBL 15K GUSTING TO 22K. SWERVED INTO SAND

Cause factors

64/C/06 C
PILOT IN COMMAND DELAYED ACTION IN ABORTING TAKEOFF Cause
64/C/23 C
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS Cause
84/C/7 C
MISCELLANEOUS EVASIVE MANEUVER TO AVOID COLLISION Cause
88/C/DF C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS INTENTIONAL GROUND-WATER-LOOP-SWERVE Cause
82/C/H C
WEATHER UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS Cause
88/3/AW 3
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FEMALE PILOT Subordinate · 3

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 2835. Source file NTSB_1970_3_2835.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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