NTSB CAROL · Event
Event DIA69A0022
Registry · N3524F
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
CESSNA 182T
Year of manufacture
2001
Engine
LYCOMING IO-540 SER (300 hp)
Seats / Engines
4 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
20010523
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A3EF25
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 182J · N3524F
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dusk
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
D1
Operator type
Part 91 (general aviation)
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Aircraft history
Total time
827 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
296
Age
40
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
0/19/68.
Investigator remarks
STRUCK MNTN SLOPE ON DARK NIGHT. RECOVERY DATE 1
Cause factors
- 64/A/27 A PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/53 A PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED ALTITUDE Cause — pilot/personnel action
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 4369.
Source file
NTSB_1968_3_4369.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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