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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event CHI75FEP15

1974-08-05 APPLETON, Wisconsin, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N2010G

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

CESSNA 182A

Year of manufacture

1958 · 16 years old at event

Engine

CONT MOTOR O-470 SERIES (230 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19580617

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A19819

Registrant of record

FOX STEPHEN A

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 182A · N2010G

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — descent (EF)

Operator type

D

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET

Wind

270° / 5 kt

Temp

73° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000051310

Total time

2,420 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

4,559

Age

28

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

TO TURN ACFT NOSEWHEEL FORK BROKE.

Investigator remarks

LNDD ON 900FT GRAVEL RD.UN STOP ON RD PLT ATMTD

Cause factors

  • 64/A/35 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 64/A/46 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 84/A/7 A
    MISCELLANEOUS EVASIVE MANEUVER TO AVOID COLLISION Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 88/J/94 J
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OVERLOAD FAILURE 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 2788. Source file NTSB_1974_3_2788.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.