NTSB CAROL · Event
Event MKC72DCJ23
Registry · N4617N
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
GRUMMAN G-44
Year of manufacture
1944 · 27 years old at event
Engine
LYCOMING GO-435C&D SER (260 hp)
Seats / Engines
5 seats · 2 engines
Last airworthiness date
19591021
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A5A0AC
Registrant of record
BURGAN GROVER W
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
GRUMMAN G-44 · N4617N
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EE
Operator type
Business
Airport
LAKE MCCONAUGHY
Kind of flying
B1
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000001364
Total time
673 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
1,172
Age
71
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
G LAST 2 YEARS.
Investigator remarks
R WING FLOAT SEPD,ACFT CAPSIZED.NO WATER LDGS DR
Cause factors
- 64/A/25 A PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER LEVEL OFF Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 83/J/H J TERRAIN GLASSY WATER Joint cause
- 88/J/88 J MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER 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 4111.
Source file
NTSB_1971_3_4111.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
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