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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event MIA76FKG65

1976-05-18 TOCCOA, Georgia, United States Fatal 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N61US

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

CESSNA 182S

Year of manufacture

2001

TCDS

3A13 · TEXTRON AVIATION INC

Engine

LYCOMING IO-540 SER (300 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

20010117

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A7EE38

Registrant of record

LAKES AVIATION LLC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N61US Piccard AX-6 Fatal

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

PICCARD AX-6 · N61US

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

D

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EY

Operator type

D

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET

Wind

270° / 10 kt

Aircraft history

Serial number

Z

Pilot

Certificate

IA (IA)

Age

41

Cause factors

64/A/15 A
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS Cause — pilot/personnel action

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 1372. Source file NTSB_1976_3_1372.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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