NTSB CAROL · Event
Event FTW65A0097
Registry · N7583W
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
CESSNA R182
Year of manufacture
1977
Engine
LYCOMING 0-540 SERIES (250 hp)
Seats / Engines
4 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19780309
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S AA3A97
Registrant of record
JOSEPH KENNETH W DBA
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
PIPER PA-28 · N7583W
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dusk
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
D9
Operator type
D
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
OVERCAST
Aircraft history
Total time
460 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Airline transport
Total hours
23
Age
25
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
GHTED TERRAIN.
Investigator remarks
RECOVERY DATE 04/03/65 FLIGHT WAS OVER DARK UNLI
Cause factors
- 64/A/66 A PILOT IN COMMAND SPATIAL DISORIENTATION Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/02 A PILOT IN COMMAND ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 82/J/A J WEATHER LOW CEILING 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
2 0098.
Source file
NTSB_1965_2_0098.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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