NTSB CAROL · Event
Event CHI76AC092
Registry · N9656X
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
CESSNA 182R
Year of manufacture
1986
Engine
CONT MOTOR O-470-U (230 hp)
Seats / Engines
4 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
20060824
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S AD71F9
Registrant of record
CIVIL AIR PATROL INC
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 210B · N9656X
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dusk
Weather
IMC
Phase of flight
EB
Operator type
D
Airport
HAMILTON
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
OBSCURATION
Aircraft history
Serial number
000021057956
Total time
3,570 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
IA (IA)
Total hours
4,400
Age
49
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
REVOKED.
Investigator remarks
HIT TREE 500FT SHORT OF RWY.PLTS CERTIFICATE WAS
Cause factors
- 64/A/04 A PILOT IN COMMAND CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/48 A PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/15 A PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 82/J/C J WEATHER FOG 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 4153.
Source file
NTSB_1976_3_4153.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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