NTSB CAROL · Event
Event FTW78FA056
Registry · N10HP
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
CESSNA 182T
Year of manufacture
2004
Engine
LYCOMING IO-540 SER (300 hp)
Seats / Engines
4 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
20041007
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A00318
Registrant of record
AVIATION SYSTEMS AND SERVICE LLC
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 182P · N10HP
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Cruise climb (DB)
Operator type
H
Kind of flying
DL
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Wind
130° / 4 kt
Temp
94° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
000182-64273
Total time
1,835 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
1,222
Age
33
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
EAST OF CRASH SITE.
Investigator remarks
HIT CABLE OVER RIVER.ASSIGNED TO PATROL HIGHWAYS
Cause factors
- 64/A/15 A PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/J/33 J PILOT IN COMMAND EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT Joint cause
- 88/J/14 J MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING 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 1533.
Source file
NTSB_1978_3_1533.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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