NTSB CAROL · Event
Event DCA80AA019
Registry · N650S
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
QUAD CITY ULTRALIGHT ACFT CORP CHALLENGER II
Year of manufacture
2003
Engine
ROTAX SEE BOMBADIER
Seats / Engines
2 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
20040622
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A88E4A
Registrant of record
HALL FRED J
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
SWEARINGEN 226TC · N650S
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Day
Weather
IMC
Phase of flight
D1
Operator type
E
Kind of flying
CI
Weather at impact
Sky
UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000TC-228
Total time
8,055 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
DA (DA)
Total hours
8,391
Age
37
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
M PCPN.CRITICAL WX NOT DISEMD.PCPN RDCD RADAR RTRN
Investigator remarks
CONTD INTO AREA OF SVR TSTMS.FLAMEOUT/PWR LOSS F
Cause factors
- 64/C/27 C PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING Cause
- 74/C/KY C POWERPLANT OTHER Cause
- 88/B/48 B MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FAILURE OF TWO OR MORE ENGINES
- 64/L/29 L PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING
- 68/L/F9 L PERSONNEL OTHER
- 68/L/G1 L PERSONNEL FAILURE TO ADVISE OF UNSAFE WEATHER CONDITIONS
- 82/L/B L WEATHER RAIN
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 3777.
Source file
NTSB_1980_3_3777.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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