NTSB CAROL · Event
Event FTW80DRG42
Registry · N2674A
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
BUCKEYE AVIATION INC DREAM MACHINE
Year of manufacture
2003
Engine
ROTAX 582SER (65 hp)
Seats / Engines
2 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
20080124
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A29BE3
Registrant of record
GILL GLENN L
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 340A · N2674A
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Cruise — descent (EF)
Operator type
Business
Airport
MUELLER MINICIPAL
Kind of flying
B2
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Wind
135° / 6 kt
Temp
80° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
0000340A0757
Total time
89 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
9,967
Age
61
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
NION WITHIN 50HRS.ACFT HAD 10HRS SINCE RECEIPT.
Investigator remarks
CESSNA ADVISORY ME80-11 REQUIRES INSP OF GR TRUN
Cause factors
- 70/A/CB A AIRFRAME NORMAL RETRACTION/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/A/95 A MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS MATERIAL FAILURE Cause — pilot/personnel action
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 0579.
Source file
NTSB_1980_3_0579.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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