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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event UNK64X3981

1964-09-14 FRIENDSWOOD, Texas, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N6845U

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

MOONEY M20E

Engine

LYCOMING I0360 SER (180 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19631106

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A9152D

Registrant of record

TARRANT JAMES D

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N6845U Mooney M20E 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 M20E · N6845U

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Night

Weather

IMC

Phase of flight

EE

Operator type

D

Airport

CLOVER FIELD

Kind of flying

B1

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Aircraft history

Total time

93 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Airline transport

Total hours

52

Age

34

Investigator remarks

WARNING HORN OUT OF ADJUSTMENT

Cause factors

64/A/10 A
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO EXTEND LANDING GEAR Cause — pilot/personnel action

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 2906. Source file NTSB_1964_3_2906.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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