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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event MKC73DCA16

1973-01-11 CARDENAS, MX, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N805R

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

PITMAN AIR LLC DRAGONFLY RANCHER

Year of manufacture

2014

Engine

ROTAX 582SER (65 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

20170710

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S AAF5E7

Registrant of record

PITMAN AIR LLC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N805R BEECHCRAFT K35 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

BEECHCRAFT K35 · N805R

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

IMC

Phase of flight

C0

Operator type

D

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED

Aircraft history

Serial number

0000000D6113

Total time

2,599 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Flight instructor (CFI)

Total hours

1,335

Age

36

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

OF MEXICO.

Investigator remarks

INVESTIGATION UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF THE GOVT

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 6 0001. Source file NTSB_1973_6_0001.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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