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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event IAD80FLQ04

1979-10-19 COVINGTON, Kentucky, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N24K

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

CESSNA 210

Year of manufacture

1960 · 19 years old at event

TCDS

3A21 · TEXTRON AVIATION INC

Engine

CONT MOTOR I0-470 SERIES (260 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19600415

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A22E87

Registrant of record

WRIGHT DOUGLAS J

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N24K Beech H18S 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

BEECH H18S · N24K

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dusk

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

D1

Operator type

E

Airport

GRTR CINCINNATI

Kind of flying

CJ

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Aircraft history

Serial number

0000000BA648

Total time

4,135 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

DA (DA)

Total hours

4,690

Age

33

Investigator remarks

HIT LIGHTPOLES DRG LDG ON HIGHWAY OVERPASS.

Cause factors

64/C/29 C
PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Cause
64/C/32 C
PILOT IN COMMAND MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL Cause
88/C/63 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FUEL EXHAUSTION Cause
88/L/48 L
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FAILURE OF TWO OR MORE ENGINES

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 2936. Source file NTSB_1979_3_2936.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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