NTSB CAROL · Event
Event FTW82DRA10
Registry · N1086J
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
AERO COMMANDER 112
Year of manufacture
1973 · 8 years old at event
Engine
LYCOMING I0360 SER (180 hp)
Seats / Engines
4 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19730531
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A0259F
Registrant of record
RIDGWAY STEPHEN
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
AERO COMDR 112 · N1086J
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EE
Operator type
Personal/private
Airport
BEAUMONT MUNI
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Wind
210° / 15 kt
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000000086
Total time
1,899 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
453
Age
52
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
.
Investigator remarks
PLT DIED OF HEART ATTACK.NON-RATED PAX LNDD ACFT
Cause factors
- 84/A/8 A MISCELLANEOUS UNQUALIFIED PERSON OPERATED AIRCRAFT Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/J/64 J PILOT IN COMMAND INCAPACITATION Joint cause
- 88/J/65 J MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS PILOT SUFFERED HEART ATTACK 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 2567.
Source file
NTSB_1981_3_2567.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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