NTSB CAROL · Event
Event CHI75AC035
Registry · N2HN
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
FLYBOY AVIATION LLC LANCAIR IV-P
Year of manufacture
2020
Engine
CONT MOTOR TSIO-550 SER (280 hp)
Seats / Engines
4 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
20200828
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A18E0D
Registrant of record
FLYBOY 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
CESSNA 337D · N2HN
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
IMC
Phase of flight
D1
Operator type
E
Airport
MEIGS
Kind of flying
CJ
Weather at impact
Sky
OBSCURATION
Wind
050° / 4 kt
Temp
52° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
0000337-0982
Total time
2,209 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
1,308
Age
35
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
TO WATER.
Investigator remarks
HIT WATER.BECAME AIRBORNE,UN CONT FLT,SETTLED IN
Cause factors
- 64/A/04 A PILOT IN COMMAND CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/53 A PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED ALTITUDE Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 82/J/A J WEATHER LOW CEILING Joint cause
- 82/J/C J WEATHER FOG Joint cause
- 83/J/H J TERRAIN GLASSY WATER Joint cause
- 88/J/88 J MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER Joint cause
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 3862.
Source file
NTSB_1974_3_3862.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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