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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event IAD78FID24

1978-09-16 WILLIAMSBURG, Virginia, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N3353C

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

DJI AGRAS T50

0

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A3AB26

Registrant of record

MCS AGRIDRONE LLC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N3353C Cessna 182RG 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 182RG · N3353C

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EE

Operator type

E

Airport

WILLIAMSBURG-JTWN

Kind of flying

CI

Weather at impact

Sky

BROKEN

Wind

050° / 12 kt

Aircraft history

Serial number

000R18200275

Total time

359 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

360

Age

23

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

NSATE FOR FOG PATCHES NEAR A/P.

Investigator remarks

PILOT ELECTED TO ALTER NORMAL LNDG PATRN TO COMP

Cause factors

64/C/27 C
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING Cause
64/C/46 C
PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED Cause
82/L/C L
WEATHER FOG
88/L/DH L
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS RAN OFF END OF RUNWAY
88/K/94 K
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OVERLOAD FAILURE 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 3077. Source file NTSB_1978_3_3077.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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