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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event MKC78FER32

1978-03-08 CALEDONIA, Minnesota, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N201BK

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

MOONEY M20J

Engine

LYCOMING I0360 SER (180 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19761130

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A195DD

Registrant of record

BMA FLYERS INC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N201BK Mooney M20J 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

MOONEY M20J · N201BK

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

E

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — descent (EF)

Operator type

D

Airport

HOUSTON COUNTY

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

180° / 5 kt

Temp

32° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

0000024-0056

Total time

423 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

503

Age

44

Cause factors

64/C/79 C
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL Cause

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 1685. Source file NTSB_1978_3_1685.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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