NTSB CAROL · Event
Event CHI79FER03
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 182B · N7228E
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Night
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EB
Operator type
D
Airport
ST. CROIX VALLEY
Kind of flying
DG
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Wind
045° / 5 kt
Temp
75° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000052228
Total time
2,258 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
2,688
Age
65
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
NWAY.
Investigator remarks
COLLIDED WITH TRUCK PARKED ON APPROACH END OF RU
Cause factors
- 64/A/54 A PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED CLEARANCE Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/82 A PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO INITIATE GO-AROUND Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 80/J/BY J AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES OTHER 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 1284.
Source file
NTSB_1979_3_1284.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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