NTSB CAROL · Event
Event CHI68F0227
Registry · N1087C
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
CESSNA 172S
Year of manufacture
2006
Engine
LYCOMING IO-360-L2A (180 hp)
Seats / Engines
4 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
20060808
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A025BC
Registrant of record
PHOENIX EAST AVIATION 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
MOONEY 20A · N1087C
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Night
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Cruise — descent (EF)
Operator type
D
Airport
NATIONAL
Kind of flying
A3
Weather at impact
Sky
PARTIAL OBSCURATION
Wind
090° / 2 kt
Temp
76° F
Aircraft history
Total time
1,025 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Airline transport
Total hours
35
Age
33
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
LED.
Investigator remarks
LDG GR RETRACTION HANDLE TRUSS UNIT P/N 5059 FAI
Cause factors
- 70/A/CB A AIRFRAME NORMAL RETRACTION/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/A/95 A MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS MATERIAL FAILURE Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/A/AH A MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS PREVIOUS DAMAGE Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 68/A/D6 A PERSONNEL INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION 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 2969.
Source file
NTSB_1967_3_2969.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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