NTSB CAROL · Event
Event ANC81DA040
Registry · N51732
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
CESSNA 182T
Year of manufacture
2002
Engine
LYCOMING IO-540 SER (300 hp)
Seats / Engines
4 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
20020325
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A67E4C
Registrant of record
IMSAR 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
ENSTROM F280C · N51732
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Balloon
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Takeoff — initial climb (C1)
Operator type
Business
Airport
ANIAK
Kind of flying
B3
Weather at impact
Sky
OVERCAST
Temp
32° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000001138
Total time
844 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
1,600
Age
33
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
RELEASE SLING LOAD BECAUSE OF SEVERE VIBRATION.
Investigator remarks
IGN SW INADVERTENTLY TURNED OFF WHEN PLT ATMPTD
Cause factors
- 64/C/44 C PILOT IN COMMAND SPONTANEOUS-IMPROPER ACTION Cause
- 82/L/B L WEATHER RAIN
- 82/L/C L WEATHER FOG
- 82/L/F L WEATHER ICING CONDITIONS-INCLUDES SLEET,FREEZING RAIN,ETC.
- 83/L/D L TERRAIN HIGH VEGETATION
- 88/L/74 L MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS AIRFRAME ICE
- 88/L/CV L MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS VIBRATION,EXCESSIVE
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 0819.
Source file
NTSB_1981_3_0819.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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