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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event NYC71FHA02

1970-07-15 PRINCETON, New Jersey, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N1004Q

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

MOONEY M20R

Year of manufacture

2000

Engine

CONT MOTOR IO-550 SERIES (300 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

20000722

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A007A7

Registrant of record

CHAUDHARY RIZVON

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N1004Q Cessna 310H 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

CESSNA 310H · N1004Q

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — level (EA)

Operator type

Part 121 (air carrier)

Airport

PRINCETON

Kind of flying

A0

Weather at impact

Sky

UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED

Wind

180° / 6 kt

Aircraft history

Serial number

0000310H0004

Total time

2,202 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Flight instructor (CFI)

Total hours

2,088

Age

30

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

L POS AND NOT IN GR DWN POS.

Investigator remarks

SE LDG PRACTICE.LDG GR SELECTOR PLACED IN NEUTRA

Cause factors

88/C/85 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS SIMULATED CONDITIONS Cause
64/B/39 B
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO ASSURE THE GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED
64/B/30 B
PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT

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 3010. Source file NTSB_1970_3_3010.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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