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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event IAD78FIG15

1978-08-08 EDGEWATER, Maryland, United States Serious 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N250MP

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

STOL UC-1

Engine

LYCOMING I0360 SER (180 hp)

Seats / Engines

5 seats · 2 engines

Last airworthiness date

19711020

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A2589F

Registrant of record

JOHANSON JASON

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

UNITED CONS UC-1 · N250MP

Damage

Destroyed

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Takeoff — initial climb (C1)

Operator type

H

Airport

LEE

Kind of flying

DL

Weather at impact

Sky

SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET

Wind

220° / 9 kt

Temp

78° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000000010

Total time

1,145 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

5,659

Age

56

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

ND STRAIGHT AHEAD IN WATER.

Investigator remarks

PILOT TRIED TO TURN BACK TO FIELD RATHER THAN LA

Cause factors

  • 74/C/KA C
    POWERPLANT POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS Cause
  • 64/K/20 K
    PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. Joint factor
  • 82/K/W K
    WEATHER HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE 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 4060. Source file NTSB_1978_3_4060.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.