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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event DEN69D0239

1969-04-24 RIVERTON, Wyoming, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N91299

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

CESSNA 180H

Engine

CONT MOTOR O-470 SERIES (230 hp)

Seats / Engines

6 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19690403

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S ACA1CE

Registrant of record

SUTTON AIRCRAFT SALVAGE LLC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N91299 Cessna 180H None

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 180H · N91299

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

C0

Operator type

D

Airport

RIVERTON

Kind of flying

DD

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Aircraft history

Total time

9 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

65

Age

54

Investigator remarks

PLT SAID HE INADVERTENTLY APPLIED R BRAKE.

Cause factors

64/C/22 C
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS Cause
64/C/44 C
PILOT IN COMMAND SPONTANEOUS-IMPROPER ACTION Cause
64/L/31 L
PILOT IN COMMAND LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT

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 1289. Source file NTSB_1969_3_1289.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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