NTSB CAROL · Event
Event CHI80DEE43
Registry · N6205F
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
EDWARDS MARK S WAG-AERO EDWARDS S S
Year of manufacture
2003
Engine
LYCOMING 0-290 SERIES (140 hp)
Seats / Engines
2 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
20030720
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A8194A
Registrant of record
MONNIN CASS C
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 172N · N6205F
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
E
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
C0
Operator type
D
Airport
COTTONWOOD
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET
Temp
68° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
000017273166
Total time
440 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Flight instructor (CFI)
Total hours
765
Age
44
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
HDG.
Investigator remarks
CONDENSATION ON WINDSHIELD.NOT ALIGNED WITH RWY
Cause factors
- 64/A/33 A PILOT IN COMMAND EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/J/45 J MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS WINDSHIELD,DIRTY,FOGGY,ETC.-RESTRICTED VISION Joint cause
- 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 2450.
Source file
NTSB_1980_3_2450.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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