NTSB CAROL · Event
Event NYC72FKM21
Registry · N5636F
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
MOONEY M20J
Year of manufacture
1983
Engine
AMA/EXPR UNKNOWN ENG
Seats / Engines
4 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19831011
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A7353F
Registrant of record
COPY RIGHT EXPRESS LLC
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
ALON A-2 · N5636F
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
D1
Operator type
D
Airport
BOONE
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Wind
235° / 10 kt
Aircraft history
Serial number
0000000A-236
Total time
1,085 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Airline transport
Total hours
233
Age
39
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
L .16 PCT.
Investigator remarks
NO ENG MALFUNCTION FOUND. PLT BLOOD ALCOHOL LEVE
Cause factors
- 74/C/KA C POWERPLANT POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS Cause
- 64/B/35 B PILOT IN COMMAND SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN
- 64/B/65 B PILOT IN COMMAND PHYSICAL IMPAIRMENT
- 88/B/67 B MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS ALCOHOLIC IMPAIRMENT OF EFFICIENCY AND JUDGMENT
- 83/B/I B TERRAIN HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS
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 0567.
Source file
NTSB_1972_3_0567.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
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