NTSB CAROL · Event
Event IAD78FIG15
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 ↗.
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