NTSB CAROL · Event
Event MKC79FA006
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 182C · N8485T
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dusk
Weather
IMC
Phase of flight
D9
Operator type
D
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000000001
Total time
288 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
IA (IA)
Total hours
350
Age
48
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
N2441N,PIPER PA-38.
Investigator remarks
HOMEBUILT MODEL PL-2.MINOR DAMAGE TO PARKED ACFT
Cause factors
- 64/A/40 A PILOT IN COMMAND INITIATED FLIGHT IN ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/66 A PILOT IN COMMAND SPATIAL DISORIENTATION Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 82/J/A J WEATHER LOW CEILING Joint cause
- 82/J/C J WEATHER FOG Joint cause
- 82/J/B J WEATHER RAIN 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 4169.
Source file
NTSB_1978_3_4169.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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