NTSB CAROL · Event
Event NYC72FHM45
Registry · N3406X
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
MOONEY M20C
Year of manufacture
1966 · 6 years old at event
Engine
LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER (180 hp)
Seats / Engines
4 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19660419
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A3C08E
Registrant of record
THUERAUF JOHN E
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
AERO-COMDR 100 · N3406X
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EE
Operator type
Personal/private
Airport
CALDWELL-WRIGHT
Kind of flying
A0
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Wind
030° / 10 kt
Temp
40° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000005077
Total time
202 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Flight instructor (CFI)
Total hours
369
Age
23
Investigator remarks
WIND GUSTING 20K.
Cause factors
- 66/C/25 C DUAL STUDENT Cause
- 64/C/30 C PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT Cause
- 88/L/91 L MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS TOUCH AND GO LANDING
- 88/K/94 K MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OVERLOAD FAILURE Joint factor
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 2455.
Source file
NTSB_1972_3_2455.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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- NASA NTRS 2019 · Technical Memorandum (TM)
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- NASA NTRS 2018 · Other
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