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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event MIA79FA123

1979-09-16 FOLKSTON, Georgia, United States Fatal 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N9197M

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

CESSNA T206H

Year of manufacture

2006

Engine

LYCOMING TIO-540-AJ1A (310 hp)

Seats / Engines

6 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

20070104

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S ACBB73

Registrant of record

GLOVER CARL A

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N9197M Cessna 182P 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

CESSNA 182P · N9197M

Damage

Destroyed

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dusk

Weather

IMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — level (EA)

Operator type

D

Airport

DAVIS FIELD

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

OVERCAST

Temp

77° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000018264738

Total time

822 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Age

64

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

9,FLEW OVER 10HRS.

Investigator remarks

PLT DEPARTED CENTERVILLE,IA ABOUT 0700CDT 9/16/7

Cause factors

64/C/48 C
PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE Cause
88/L/62 L
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS PILOT FATIGUE
82/L/A L
WEATHER LOW CEILING
82/L/B L
WEATHER RAIN
82/L/X L
WEATHER THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY

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 3105. Source file NTSB_1979_3_3105.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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