NTSB CAROL · Event
Event FTW72FQD23
Registry · N96911
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
CESSNA 172P
Year of manufacture
1984
Engine
LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES (180 hp)
Seats / Engines
4 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19831221
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S AD802A
Registrant of record
LUCIANO EDMUND R
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
TAYLORCRAFT BC12-D · N96911
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dusk
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Cruise climb (DB)
Operator type
D
Kind of flying
A3
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000009211
Total time
1,124 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Airline transport
Total hours
24
Age
28
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
30-40FT AGL.NO PRIOR NITE TIME.
Investigator remarks
LIGHTED OIL DRILLING RIG.HIT GERONIMO LINE APRX
Cause factors
- 64/A/33 A PILOT IN COMMAND EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/15 A PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/A/14 A MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/J/02 J PILOT IN COMMAND ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL Joint cause
- 83/J/I J TERRAIN HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS 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 2031.
Source file
NTSB_1972_3_2031.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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