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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event FTW79DPJ10

1979-03-30 SEILING, Oklahoma, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N3678Y

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

CESSNA 210C

Year of manufacture

1963 · 16 years old at event

TCDS

3A21 · TEXTRON AVIATION INC

Engine

CONT MOTOR I0-470 SERIES (260 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19630509

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A429D4

Registrant of record

DOZIER ZACH J

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N3678Y Cessna 210C 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 210C · N3678Y

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

E

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EB

Operator type

D

Airport

SEILING

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Aircraft history

Serial number

000210-58178

Total time

1,715 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

444

Age

25

Investigator remarks

ACFT COLLIDE W PWR LINE DRG NGT LNDG APCH.

Cause factors

64/C/48 C
PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE Cause
83/K/I K
TERRAIN HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS Joint factor

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 2188. Source file NTSB_1979_3_2188.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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