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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event NYC78FNC23

1978-04-18 AUGUSTA, Maine, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N573JF

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

CESSNA 180J

Year of manufacture

1973 · 5 years old at event

Engine

CONT MOTOR O-470 SERIES (230 hp)

Seats / Engines

6 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19731206

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A75A5C

Registrant of record

HUDDLESTON EDWARD L

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N573JF Cessna 180J 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 180J · N573JF

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — descent (EF)

Operator type

D

Airport

AUGUSTA STATE

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Temp

53° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000052398

Total time

328 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Airline transport

Total hours

660

Age

42

Cause factors

64/A/79 A
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL 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 2329. Source file NTSB_1978_3_2329.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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