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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event LAX78DA073

1978-09-01 CAREFREE, Arizona, United States Minor 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N9212C

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

CESSNA R182

Year of manufacture

1978 · 0 years old at event

Engine

LYCOMING 0-540 SERIES (250 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19780622

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S ACC482

Registrant of record

MYERS KENNETH O

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N9212C Cessna 182RG Minor

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 · N9212C

Damage

Destroyed

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Day

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EE

Operator type

E

Airport

CAREFREE

Kind of flying

CI

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

060° / 5 kt

Aircraft history

Serial number

000R18200445

Total time

123 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

DA (DA)

Total hours

2,330

Age

30

Investigator remarks

PILOT ELECTED TO LAND WITH 5 KNOT TAILWIND.

Cause factors

64/C/46 C
PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED Cause
64/C/80 C
PILOT IN COMMAND SELECTED WRONG RUNWAY RELATIVE TO EXISTING WIND Cause
64/B/07 B
PILOT IN COMMAND DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND
88/K/AQ K
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS DOWNWIND 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 2846. Source file NTSB_1978_3_2846.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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