NTSB CAROL · Event
Event NYC81IA061
Registry · N304CA
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
CESSNA 182T
Year of manufacture
2024
Engine
LYCOMING IO-540-AB1A5 (230 hp)
Seats / Engines
4 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
20240819
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A32E61
Registrant of record
CIVIL AIR PATROL
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
SHORT BROS SD3-30 · N304CA
Damage
Minor
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
C
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
D1
Operator type
N
Kind of flying
CI
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000SH3052
Total time
1,982 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
DA (DA)
Total hours
7,800
Age
32
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
REASE IN ALT OF 1100FT.
Investigator remarks
ACFT ABRUPTLY DESCENDED 800FT FOLLOWED BY AN INC
Cause factors
- 82/A/K A WEATHER TURBULENCE IN FLIGHT,CLEAR AIR 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
5 0035.
Source file
NTSB_1981_5_0035.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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