NTSB CAROL · Event
Event FTW74FPJ06
Registry · N11VH
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
CESSNA 525B
Year of manufacture
2025
Engine
WILLIAMS FJ44-3A
Seats / Engines
8 seats · 2 engines
Last airworthiness date
20250331
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A02BBD
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
EL TOMCAT MK5 · N11VH
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Balloon
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
DN
Operator type
Part 135 (air taxi/commuter)
Kind of flying
CB
Weather at impact
Sky
SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET
Aircraft history
Serial number
00000CCI73-1
Total time
110 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Flight instructor (CFI)
Total hours
2,790
Age
28
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
TREE PRIOR TO GND IMPACT.16GALS FUEL LAST TKOF.
Investigator remarks
PLT CHOLINESTERASE 2.53,NORMAL IS 3.35-5.67.HIT
Cause factors
- 84/A/I A MISCELLANEOUS UNDETERMINED Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 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 4048.
Source file
NTSB_1973_3_4048.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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