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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event SEA74DYC10

1973-08-13 HILLSBORO, Oregon, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N74796

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

MOONEY M20B

Year of manufacture

1961 · 12 years old at event

Engine

LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER (180 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19610615

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S AA103D

Registrant of record

KUIPER STEVEN J

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N74796 Mooney M20B 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

MOONEY M20B · N74796

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EE

Operator type

D

Airport

SUNSET AIRPARK

Kind of flying

B2

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

040° / 5 kt

Temp

83° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000001796

Total time

1,214 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

225

Age

44

Investigator remarks

WIND 5-7KT.RWY ROUGH,3DEG DWN SLOPE.

Cause factors

64/C/46 C
PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED Cause
64/C/82 C
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO INITIATE GO-AROUND Cause
88/K/AQ K
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS DOWNWIND Joint factor
80/K/BY K
AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES OTHER 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 3249. Source file NTSB_1973_3_3249.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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