NTSB CAROL · Event
Event NYC66A0139
Registry · N6168S
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
CESSNA TR182
Year of manufacture
1980
Engine
LYCOMING 0-540 SERIES (250 hp)
Seats / Engines
4 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19801021
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A80889
Registrant of record
FERRELL WILLIAM W II
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
AIR-SPACE 18A · N6168S
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
I
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EE
Operator type
D
Airport
GREATER PITTSBURG
Kind of flying
B2
Weather at impact
Sky
OVERCAST
Wind
310° / 8 kt
Temp
57° F
Aircraft history
Total time
82 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
356
Age
28
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
ILWIND COMPONENT.
Investigator remarks
PLT LANDED WITH RT.QUSTY CROSSWIND WITH SMALL TA
Cause factors
- 64/A/25 A PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER LEVEL OFF Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/B/62 B PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER RECOVERY FROM BOUNCED LANDING
- 82/L/H L WEATHER UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS
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
2 0525.
Source file
NTSB_1966_2_0525.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
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