NTSB CAROL · Event
Event CHI70F0047
Registry · N1971X
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
CESSNA 182H
Year of manufacture
1965 · 4 years old at event
Engine
CONT MOTOR O-470 SERIES (230 hp)
Seats / Engines
4 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19650128
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A184BD
Registrant of record
HIGH COUNTRY AIR SERVICE 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
CESSNA 182 · N1971X
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EE
Operator type
Business
Airport
METTETAL
Kind of flying
B2
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Wind
270° / 13 kt
Temp
82° F
Aircraft history
Total time
536 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
585
Age
58
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
ILABLE.
Investigator remarks
DIRECT L X-WIND 13K. RNWY MORE INTO WIND WAS AVA
Cause factors
- 64/C/46 C PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED Cause
- 64/B/80 B PILOT IN COMMAND SELECTED WRONG RUNWAY RELATIVE TO EXISTING WIND
- 64/B/82 B PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO INITIATE GO-AROUND
- 82/B/H B WEATHER UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS
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 1624.
Source file
NTSB_1969_3_1624.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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- arXiv 2022 · arXiv preprint
AirTrack: Onboard Deep Learning Framework for Long-Range Aircraft Detection and Tracking
Detect-and-Avoid (DAA) capabilities are critical for safe operations of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS). This paper introduces, AirTrack, a real-time vision-only detect and tracking framework that res…
- Semantic Scholar 2017 · Article (Trials)
Effectiveness of two web-based cognitive bias modification interventions targeting approach and attentional bias in gambling problems: study protocol for a pilot randomised controlled trial
BackgroundDisordered gamblers have phenotypical and pathological similarities to those with substance use disorders (SUD), including exaggerated automatic cognitive processing of motivationally salien…
- Embry-Riddle Scholarly Commons 2014 · Conference paper
FAA Safety Seminar (Open to the General Public)
This seminar will focus on reducing the aviation accident rate through the enhancement of safety culture. Human factors influences on accident and incidents will also be discussed with an emphasis on …
- Embry-Riddle Scholarly Commons 2003 · Journal article (JAAER)
Desirable Faculty Qualifications as Assessed by Students in the Aeronautical Science Program at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
Over 89% of the sophomore aerodynamics students (182 out of 207) at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University were surveyed during Spring Term 2003 to explore student preferences relative to instructor qua…
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