NTSB CAROL · Event
Event MKC73FCG46
Registry · N2721
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
THORP T-18
Engine
LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES (180 hp)
Seats / Engines
2 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19790519
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A2B065
Registrant of record
LANEY JAMES R
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
THORP T-18 · N2721
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EE
Operator type
D
Airport
AIRPARK SOUTH
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET
Wind
320° / 9 kt
Temp
70° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000000329
Total time
165 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
2,381
Age
25
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
WAS RECOMMENDED,LNDD SOUTH.
Investigator remarks
PLT ADVISED BY UNICOM WIND 320 DEG 10MPH RWY 35
Cause factors
- 64/C/46 C PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED Cause
- 64/C/80 C PILOT IN COMMAND SELECTED WRONG RUNWAY RELATIVE TO EXISTING WIND Cause
- 88/L/AQ L MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS DOWNWIND
- 70/K/CJ K AIRFRAME BRAKING SYSTEM (NORMAL SYSTEM) Joint factor
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 1748.
Source file
NTSB_1973_3_1748.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
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