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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event NYC80FNA06

1979-12-18 MASHPEE, Massachusetts, United States Minor 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N35106

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

CESSNA T182T

TCDS

3A13 · TEXTRON AVIATION INC

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A3EAFB

Registrant of record

BRADLEY PATRICK C TRUSTEE

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N35106 Cessna 177RG Minor

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 177RG · N35106

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

D1

Operator type

D

Airport

FALMOUTH

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED

Wind

270° / 17 kt

Aircraft history

Serial number

00177RG-1043

Total time

297 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

254

Age

51

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

DID NOT USE ELECT PUMP. SAND DUNE AREA.

Investigator remarks

ENG FUEL PUMP 139P-40296 ACTUATOR ARM FAILED.PLT

Cause factors

74/C/CH C
POWERPLANT PUMPS Cause
88/C/95 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS MATERIAL FAILURE Cause
64/B/20 B
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC.
88/B/07 B
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS IMPROPER EMERGENCY PROCEDURES
83/K/K K
TERRAIN SANDY Joint factor
83/K/D K
TERRAIN HIGH VEGETATION Joint factor

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 3550. Source file NTSB_1979_3_3550.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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