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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event MKC70FDM09

1970-01-31 LAKE ELMO, Minnesota, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N1802

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

CESSNA 182A

Year of manufacture

1957 · 13 years old at event

Engine

CONT MOTOR O-470 SERIES (230 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19570209

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A1434A

Registrant of record

LONG RANDY B

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N1802 Bensen B-8M None

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

BENSEN B-8M · N1802

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

I

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

B0

Operator type

D

Airport

LAKE ELMO

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

210° / 10 kt

Temp

30° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000037566521

Total time

44 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Airline transport

Total hours

44

Age

49

Investigator remarks

CONTACTED DRY SURFACE WHILE SLIDING ON ICE.

Cause factors

64/C/50 C
PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED SPEED Cause
80/C/BP C
AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES ICE/SLUSH ON RAMP/TAXIWAY 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 0579. Source file NTSB_1970_3_0579.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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