NTSB CAROL · Event
Event FTW78FA011
Registry · N77AP
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
CESSNA 182L
Year of manufacture
1968 · 9 years old at event
Engine
CONT MOTOR O-470 SERIES (230 hp)
Seats / Engines
4 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19680422
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S AA66BC
Registrant of record
NELSON JEFFREY 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
N.AMERICAN NA-265 · N77AP
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dusk
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Takeoff — initial climb (C1)
Operator type
Business
Airport
LAKEFRONT
Kind of flying
B3
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Wind
060° / 4 kt
Temp
65° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000282-37
Total time
5,291 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
DA (DA)
Total hours
6,612
Age
33
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
PILOT-FAILED TO MAINTAIN POSITIVE RATE OF CLIMB
Cause factors
- 84/A/J A MISCELLANEOUS WRITTEN CAUSE Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/A/11 A MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS INSTRUMENTS-MISREAD OR FAILED TO READ Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/J/03 J MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS CHECKLIST-FAILED TO USE Joint cause
- 88/J/88 J MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER 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 4231.
Source file
NTSB_1977_3_4231.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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