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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event NYC72FHD22

1971-11-24 VINELAND, New Jersey, United States Minor 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N9652M

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

MOONEY M20F

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S AD7163

Registrant of record

MANNA FARMS INC

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

MOONEY M20F · N9652M

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Takeoff — initial climb (C1)

Operator type

D

Airport

VINELAND CITY

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000670229

Total time

782 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

242

Age

41

Investigator remarks

ATMTD TKOF W FULL NS UP TRIM.

Cause factors

  • 64/A/29 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 88/A/56 A
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS INCORRECT TRIM SETTING Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 83/J/I J
    TERRAIN HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS Joint 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 4401. Source file NTSB_1971_3_4401.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.