NTSB CAROL · Event
Event SEA72AS015
Registry · N9124L
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
MOONEY M20M
Engine
LYCOMING TI0-540 SER (310 hp)
Seats / Engines
4 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19901015
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S ACA108
Registrant of record
ARCHSWAY 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
CHAMPION 7KCAB · N9124L
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
D7
Operator type
Business
Airport
ROCHE HARBOR
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000289-71
Total time
111 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
3,000
Age
50
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
SECOND ROLL INTO SOUND.PLT HAD 2 HRS DUAL ACROBATS
Investigator remarks
PLT ATTEMPTED 2 LOW ALT ROLLS. ACFT FELL OUT OF
Cause factors
- 64/A/33 A PILOT IN COMMAND EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/A/14 A MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/J/88 J MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER 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 2442.
Source file
NTSB_1971_3_2442.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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