NTSB CAROL · Event
Event FTW71FPG39
Registry · N1229B
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
CESSNA AIRCRAFT CO 162
Year of manufacture
2011
Engine
CONT MOTOR O-200 (100 hp)
Seats / Engines
2 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
20111101
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A05EB5
Registrant of record
WILEY BARBARA
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
LUSCOMBE 8A · N1229B
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EB
Operator type
D
Airport
FILES STRIP
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Wind
270° / 4 kt
Temp
65° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000005856
Total time
1,370 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
300
Age
41
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
OF RWY.
Investigator remarks
SETTING SUN DOWN RWY.HIT PWR LINES LCTD 100YDS E
Cause factors
- 64/A/15 A PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/J/79 J MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS SUNGLARE 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
3 0822.
Source file
NTSB_1971_3_0822.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
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- Embry-Riddle Scholarly Commons 2020 · Conference paper
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- arXiv 2020 · arXiv preprint
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