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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event MKC74DCA17

1973-11-22 CHESTERFIELD, Missouri, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N21358

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

CESSNA 182P

Year of manufacture

1972 · 1 years old at event

Engine

CONT MOTOR O-470 SERIES (230 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19721205

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A1C7CF

Registrant of record

PAROULEK JOSEPH F

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N21358 Cessna 182P 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

CESSNA 182P · N21358

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EE

Operator type

D

Airport

SPIRIT OF STLOUIS

Kind of flying

A2

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Aircraft history

Serial number

000182-61585

Total time

475 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

275

Age

59

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

CK.SHORT FLD LDG BUCKLED FIREWALL.

Investigator remarks

PLT WAS PARTICIPATING IN FAA VOL PROFICIENCY FLT

Cause factors

64/A/25 A
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER LEVEL OFF Cause — pilot/personnel action
67/A/30 A
CHECK PILOT Cause — pilot/personnel action

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 3666. Source file NTSB_1973_3_3666.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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