NTSB CAROL · Event
Event MIA78FKG25
Registry · N1517U
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
CESSNA 207
Year of manufacture
1969 · 9 years old at event
Engine
CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES (285 hp)
Seats / Engines
6 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19691015
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A0D146
Registrant of record
N1517U 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
CESSNA 207 · N1517U
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dusk
Weather
IMC
Phase of flight
ED
Operator type
E
Airport
BUSH FIELD
Kind of flying
CJ
Weather at impact
Sky
OVERCAST
Wind
020° / 9 kt
Temp
41° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
000020700117
Total time
2,390 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
DA (DA)
Total hours
4,220
Age
31
Cause factors
- 64/A/26 A PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER IFR OPERATION Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 82/J/A J WEATHER LOW CEILING Joint cause
- 82/J/C J WEATHER FOG 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 1118.
Source file
NTSB_1978_3_1118.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
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