NTSB CAROL · Event
Event FTW64A0011
Registry · N1824M
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
CESSNA 337F
Year of manufacture
1971
Engine
CONT MOTOR IO-360 SER (300 hp)
Seats / Engines
6 seats · 2 engines
Last airworthiness date
19711231
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A14B0A
Registrant of record
HEINKE NILS A
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
CURTISS-WRT C-46 · N1824M
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dusk
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
B1
Airport
SHEPPARD AFB
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Aircraft history
Total time
22,750 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
DA (DA)
Total hours
17,500
Age
40
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
STRUCTIONS. LFT ELEVATOR STRUCK SIGN POST.
Investigator remarks
PLT TAXIED AT NITE INTO POORLY LTD RAMP,UNLTD OB
Cause factors
- 64/A/15 A PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 80/J/A4 J AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES RAMP FACILITIES Joint cause
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
1 0045.
Source file
NTSB_1963_1_0045.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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