NTSB CAROL · Event
Event NYC69A0103
Registry · N1243N
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
CESSNA T182T
Year of manufacture
2006
TCDS
3A13 · TEXTRON AVIATION INC
Engine
LYCOMING TIO-540-AK1A (235 hp)
Seats / Engines
4 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
20061023
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A0655C
Registrant of record
ZENISEK ANDREW F
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
CURTISS-WRT C-46 · N1243N
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
C0
Operator type
Public use
Airport
FLYING W RANCH
Kind of flying
CJ
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000022456
Total time
12,378 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
DA (DA)
Total hours
3,137
Age
38
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
OSS OF DIRECTIONAL CTL. TAILWHEEL IN UNLOCKED POS.
Investigator remarks
PREMATURE T/O TO AVOID ACFT TIEDOWN AREA AFTER L
Cause factors
- 64/C/22 C PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS Cause
- 64/C/24 C PILOT IN COMMAND PREMATURE LIFT-OFF Cause
- 64/C/16 C PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED Cause
- 84/C/7 C MISCELLANEOUS EVASIVE MANEUVER TO AVOID COLLISION 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 2542.
Source file
NTSB_1969_3_2542.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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