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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event MKC76DCJ51

1976-07-17 GOTHENBURG, Nebraska, United States Minor 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N62034

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

MAULE M-5-210C

Year of manufacture

1974 · 2 years old at event

Engine

CONT MOTOR IO-360 SER (300 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19750107

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A8191B

Registrant of record

WILLIAMS ROBERT W

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N62034 Maule M5210C Minor

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

MAULE M5210C · N62034

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EE

Operator type

D

Airport

PASTURE

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

090° / 8 kt

Temp

90° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

00000006067C

Total time

170 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

250

Age

26

Cause factors

64/C/46 C
PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED Cause
64/B/07 B
PILOT IN COMMAND DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND

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 2276. Source file NTSB_1976_3_2276.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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