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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event DIA69D0002

1968-05-30 LEXINGTON PARK, Maryland, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N3170S

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

CESSNA 182G

Engine

CONT MOTOR O-470 SERIES (230 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19640725

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A3633B

Registrant of record

SALE REPORTED

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N3170S Cessna 182G 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 182G · N3170S

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dusk

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EE

Operator type

D

Airport

PARK HALL

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED

Wind

090° / 10 kt

Temp

70° F

Aircraft history

Total time

672 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

8,904

Age

45

Investigator remarks

POORLY ILLUMINATED RWY.

Cause factors

64/C/46 C
PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED Cause
80/L/A3 L
AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES RUNWAY LIGHTING
80/L/BA L
AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES WET RUNWAY

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 1503. Source file NTSB_1968_3_1503.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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