NTSB CAROL · Event
Event OAK70D0068
Registry · N6219N
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
CESSNA 182R
Year of manufacture
1980
Engine
CONT MOTOR O-470 SERIES (230 hp)
Seats / Engines
4 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19590820
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A81D94
Registrant of record
MILES MEDIA LLC
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
BELL 47G3B1 · N6219N
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Balloon
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EH
Operator type
Business
Kind of flying
B2
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Wind
180° / 3 kt
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000006657
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
7,904
Age
44
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
GRND,SHEAR T/R DRIVE SHAFT.
Investigator remarks
TAIL LOW LDG,BENT T/R GUARD ALLOWING T/R TO HIT
Cause factors
- 64/A/25 A PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER LEVEL OFF Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/23 A PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS 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 3410.
Source file
NTSB_1969_3_3410.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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