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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event CHI69D0301

1968-09-22 WAUNAKEE, Wisconsin, United States Minor 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N8585T

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

CESSNA 182C

Year of manufacture

1959 · 9 years old at event

Engine

CONT MOTOR O-470 SERIES (230 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19591231

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S ABC829

Registrant of record

HANCOCK JEFF

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N8585T Cessna 182C 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 182C · N8585T

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EE

Operator type

D

Airport

WAUNAKEE

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

125° / 5 kt

Aircraft history

Total time

2,123 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

53

Age

18

Investigator remarks

LOOSE GRAVEL ON BLACKTOP RNWY.

Cause factors

64/C/46 C
PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED Cause
80/L/BY L
AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES OTHER

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 3635. Source file NTSB_1968_3_3635.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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