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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event DEN73FQA19

1972-10-23 ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, United States Serious 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N354S

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

CESSNA 182S

Year of manufacture

1999

TCDS

3A13 · TEXTRON AVIATION INC

Engine

LYCOMING IO-540 SER (300 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19991123

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A3F539

Registrant of record

TELFER WILLIAM D

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

SMITH DSA-1 · N354S

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — level (EA)

Operator type

D

Airport

CORONADO

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Temp

48° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

00000000T5-1

Total time

96 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Flight instructor (CFI)

Total hours

2,214

Age

41

Cause factors

  • 64/C/31 C
    PILOT IN COMMAND LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT Cause
  • 64/C/21 C
    PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS Cause
  • 88/C/02 C
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS ANTI-ICING/DEICING EQUIPMENT-IMPROPER OPERATION OF/OR FAILED TO USE Cause
  • 88/C/72 C
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS ICE-CARBURETOR Cause
  • 64/B/16 B
    PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED
  • 82/L/G L
    WEATHER CONDITIONS CONDUCIVE TO CARB./INDUCTION SYSTEM ICING

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 3278. Source file NTSB_1972_3_3278.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.