NTSB CAROL · Event
Event FTW82FQA06
Registry · N3HV
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
MILLER F P/WEITMAN D GLASAIR III SH-3R
Engine
LYCOMING IO-540 SER (300 hp)
Seats / Engines
2 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19930102
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A31B63
Registrant of record
JOSEPH MATTHEW
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
SWEARINGEN SA26AT · N3HV
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dusk
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EE
Operator type
Business
Airport
ALBUQUERQUE INTL
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Wind
140° / 4 kt
Temp
58° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
0000AT26-117
Total time
6,759 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
DA (DA)
Total hours
12,000
Age
58
Cause factors
- 64/A/39 A PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO ASSURE THE GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/J/AL J MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS CIRCUIT BREAKER POPPED 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 2530.
Source file
NTSB_1981_3_2530.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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