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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event FTW76DPJ14

1975-10-27 BLACKWELL, Oklahoma, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N4US

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

CESSNA 180B

Year of manufacture

1959 · 16 years old at event

Engine

CONT MOTOR O-470 SERIES (230 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A4A9C2

Registrant of record

DEES AVIATION LLC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N4US Cessna 180B None

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 180B · N4US

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

B1

Operator type

D

Airport

BLACKWELL-TONKAWA

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

180° / 20 kt

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000050429

Total time

1,850 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

735

Age

32

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

E. NO TAXIWAY ON ARPT. GUSTING TO 25K.

Investigator remarks

TAXIED OFF RWY TO ALLOW OTR ACFT TO LND. HIT HOL

Cause factors

64/A/35 A
PILOT IN COMMAND SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN Cause — pilot/personnel action
80/J/BY J
AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES OTHER Joint cause
82/J/H J
WEATHER UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS 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 3220. Source file NTSB_1975_3_3220.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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