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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event IAD74FIG24

1974-04-21 STEVENSVILLE, Maryland, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N2498X

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

CESSNA 182H

Year of manufacture

1965 · 9 years old at event

Engine

CONT MOTOR O-470 SERIES (230 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19650604

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A254F4

Registrant of record

VOTAVA PAUL A

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N2498X Cessna 182H 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 182H · N2498X

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — descent (EF)

Operator type

Business

Airport

BAY BRIDGE

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

220° / 5 kt

Aircraft history

Serial number

000018256398

Total time

1,502 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

655

Age

54

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

WORN WHERE LINING NMLY IS.DRAIN DITCH 54FT FM RWY

Investigator remarks

R WHEEL BRAKE PRES PLATE LINING GONE.METAL PLATE

Cause factors

64/C/79 C
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL Cause
68/C/D6 C
PERSONNEL INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION Cause
64/C/29 C
PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Cause
70/C/CK C
AIRFRAME BRAKING SYSTEM (EMERGENCY SYSTEM) Cause
80/K/BY K
AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES OTHER 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 1260. Source file NTSB_1974_3_1260.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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