NTSB CAROL · Event
Event IAD71DKM01
Registry · N4249L
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
CESSNA 172G
Year of manufacture
1966 · 4 years old at event
Engine
CONT MOTOR 0-300 SER (145 hp)
Seats / Engines
4 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19660404
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A50E19
Registrant of record
KRAUS GARY 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 172G · N4249L
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
DC
Operator type
J
Airport
BEECH MOUNTAIN
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Wind
300° / 5 kt
Temp
80° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
000017254318
Total time
1,977 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
66
Age
28
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
5000 FT. CRASHED INTO MNTN SLOPE.
Investigator remarks
TOOK OFF INTO RISING TERRAIN. DENSITY ALT ABOUT
Cause factors
- 64/A/29 A PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/16 A PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 82/J/W J WEATHER HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE Joint cause
- 64/J/31 J PILOT IN COMMAND LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT 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 0963.
Source file
NTSB_1970_3_0963.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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