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MKC72FER51

1972-04-03 · MANKATO, Minnesota, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
MOONEY M-20A · N1095C
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
D1
Operator type
D
Airport
MANKATO
Kind of flying
B0

Weather at impact

Sky
UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
Wind
350° / 35 kt
Temp
42° F

Aircraft history

Serial number
000000001366
Total time
1,428 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
6,000
Age
53

Cause factors

  • 64/C/29 C
    PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Cause
  • 88/C/87 C
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS WATER IN FUEL Cause
  • 88/B/DG B
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS INTENTIONAL WHEELS-UP
  • 83/K/F K
    TERRAIN ROUGH/UNEVEN Joint factor

Decoded against the NTSB Form 6120.4 cause-factor codebook (ct_Pre1982 table).

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 0907. Source file NTSB_1972_3_0907.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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