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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event MKC81FCA17

1981-06-29 WASHINGTON, Missouri, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N1126C

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

CESSNA R182

Year of manufacture

1981 · 0 years old at event

Engine

LYCOMING 0-540 SERIES (250 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

20250207

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A036CE

Registrant of record

BRIGGS JONATHAN

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N1126C Piper PA-22 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

PIPER PA-22 · N1126C

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — descent (EF)

Operator type

D

Airport

WASHINGTON MEML

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Aircraft history

Serial number

00000022-961

Total time

2,419 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

420

Age

51

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

F FUSELAGE,TAPE PULLED LOOSE.LNDD IN CORN FLD.

Investigator remarks

PLT USED DUCT TAPE TO STRENGTHEN FABRIC ON TOP O

Cause factors

64/A/35 A
PILOT IN COMMAND SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN Cause — pilot/personnel action
68/J/D1 J
PERSONNEL IMPROPER MAINTENANCE (OWNER PERSONNEL) Joint cause
70/J/BD J
AIRFRAME SKIN AND ATTACHMENTS Joint cause
88/J/29 J
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS IMPROPERLY SECURED Joint cause
88/J/CV J
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS VIBRATION,EXCESSIVE Joint cause
83/J/A J
TERRAIN WET,SOFT GROUND 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 1341. Source file NTSB_1981_3_1341.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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