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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event ATL81FIG10

1981-03-12 GAITHERSBURG, Maryland, United States Minor 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

N9854C Cessna R182 Minor

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

CESSNA R182 · N9854C

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

E

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EE

Operator type

Personal/private

Airport

MONTGOMERY COUNTY

Kind of flying

B2

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

220° / 5 kt

Temp

49° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

OR-182-00472

Total time

862 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Flight instructor (CFI)

Total hours

792

Age

34

Investigator remarks

WND VRBL 220 TO 260,GSTG 10KTS.

Cause factors

64/C/46 C
PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED Cause
64/B/82 B
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO INITIATE GO-AROUND

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 0316. Source file NTSB_1981_3_0316.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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