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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event IAD76FIG26

1976-09-14 BOWIE, Maryland, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N6360N

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

CESSNA T182

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19810219

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A8566B

Registrant of record

EDWARDS CONSTRUCTION GROUP LLC

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

BELLANCA 7KCAB · N6360N

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — descent (EF)

Operator type

D

Airport

FREEWAY

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

260° / 5 kt

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000000003

Total time

867 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

276

Age

33

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

UCK A TRACTOR PARKED ON THE TAXIWAY.

Investigator remarks

PLT DID NOT USE A CUSHION TO IMPROVE HIS VIS.STR

Cause factors

  • 64/C/79 C
    PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL Cause
  • 64/B/15 B
    PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS
  • 68/L/H1 L
    PERSONNEL FAILURE TO NOTIFY OF UNSAFE COND/AND OR FAILURE TO MARK OBSTRUCTION

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 3197. Source file NTSB_1976_3_3197.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.