NTSB CAROL · Event
Event MKC78FCG40
Registry · N352X
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
MAULE M-5-210C
Year of manufacture
1976 · 2 years old at event
Engine
CONT MOTOR IO-360 SER (300 hp)
Seats / Engines
4 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19760216
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A3EE48
Registrant of record
RUACH MINISTRY
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
MAULE M5 · N352X
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EE
Operator type
D
Airport
PARKING LOT
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Temp
70° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
0000006158C
Total time
107 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
791
Age
35
Investigator remarks
LDG ON ABANDONED PARKING LOT.
Cause factors
- 64/C/46 C PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED Cause
- 64/C/07 C PILOT IN COMMAND DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND Cause
- 64/L/35 L PILOT IN COMMAND SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN
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 1691.
Source file
NTSB_1978_3_1691.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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