NTSB CAROL · Event
Event MIA76FLD78
Registry · N180GL
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
CESSNA 180F
Year of manufacture
1962 · 14 years old at event
Engine
CONT MOTOR O-470 SERIES (230 hp)
Seats / Engines
4 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
20020520
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A1414D
Registrant of record
RAM AVIATION 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
GREAT LAKES 2T-1A2 · N180GL
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Cruise — descent (EF)
Operator type
D
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET
Wind
315° / 3 kt
Temp
90° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
0002T1A-0705
Total time
481 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
823
Age
31
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
TO PERSONS IN ANOTHER ACFT ACCIDENT.
Investigator remarks
PLT LANDED ACFT IN PASTURE TO RENDER ASSISTANCE
Cause factors
- 64/A/35 A PILOT IN COMMAND SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/27 A PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 83/J/F J TERRAIN ROUGH/UNEVEN 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
3 3215.
Source file
NTSB_1976_3_3215.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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