NTSB CAROL · Event
Event FTW75AF020
Registry · N71038
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
PARASCENDER PARASCENDER II
Year of manufacture
1998
Engine
ROTAX 582DCDI (65 hp)
Seats / Engines
2 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
20071110
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A97EEF
Registrant of record
GRABLE EUGENE W
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
CESSNA 182M · N71038
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
IMC
Phase of flight
D1
Operator type
Part 91 (general aviation)
Airport
HILLSBORO MUNI
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
OVERCAST
Temp
71° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
000018259468
Total time
1,104 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
500
Age
36
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
G IN AREA.
Investigator remarks
ACFT HIT POWER LINES ACROSS HIWAY. DENSE GRND FO
Cause factors
- 64/A/04 A PILOT IN COMMAND CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/15 A PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/J/40 J PILOT IN COMMAND INITIATED FLIGHT IN ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS Joint cause
- 64/J/29 J PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Joint cause
- 83/J/I J TERRAIN HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS Joint cause
- 82/J/A J WEATHER LOW CEILING Joint cause
- 82/J/C J WEATHER FOG 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 2753.
Source file
NTSB_1974_3_2753.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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