NTSB CAROL · Event
Event MKC74AK057
Registry · N833TW
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
CESSNA 172RG
Engine
LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER (180 hp)
Seats / Engines
4 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19791220
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S AB653D
Registrant of record
DESERT WIND WINGS 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
BOEING 727-31 · N833TW
Damage
None
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
IMC
Phase of flight
D1
Weather at impact
Sky
OVERCAST
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000018903
Total time
22,775 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
DA (DA)
Total hours
6,442
Age
38
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
HEN THROWN FM SEAT DRG TURBC ENCTR.
Investigator remarks
SAFETY BELT NOT SECURED.ELDERLY LADY BROKE LEG W
Cause factors
- 82/A/L A WEATHER TURBULENCE, ASSOCIATED W/CLOUDS AND/OR THUNDERSTORMS Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 68/A/K4 A PERSONNEL PASSENGER Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/A/12 A MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS SEAT BELT NOT FASTENED Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/J/CZ J MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS SEAT BELT SIGN ON 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
1 0018.
Source file
NTSB_1974_1_0018.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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