NTSB CAROL · Event
Event IAD79IA031
Registry · N796HA
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
CESSNA 182T
Year of manufacture
2006
Engine
LYCOMING IO-540-AB1A5 (230 hp)
Seats / Engines
4 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
20060411
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S AACEFF
Registrant of record
STELLA RAYE 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
SHORTS SD3-30 · N796HA
Damage
Minor
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
C
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Cruise — descent (EF)
Operator type
E
Airport
BWI INTERNATIONAL
Kind of flying
CI
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Temp
17° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
00000SH-3014
Total time
2,181 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
GA (GA)
Total hours
8,200
Age
36
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
SE WHEELWELL.
Investigator remarks
SNOW ON RUNWAY AT DEPARTURE AIRPORT LODGED IN NO
Cause factors
- 70/A/CM A AIRFRAME GEAR LOCKING MECHANISM Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/A/89 A MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FROZEN, MOISTURE Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 70/A/CL A AIRFRAME LANDING GEAR WARNING AND INDICATING COMPONENTS Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/A/47 A MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS IMPROPER ALIGNMENT/ADJUSTMENT Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 82/J/D J WEATHER SNOW Joint cause
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
5 0008.
Source file
NTSB_1979_5_0008.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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