NTSB CAROL · Event
Event OAK78FA040
Registry · N65841
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
CESSNA 172S
Year of manufacture
2004
Engine
LYCOMING IO-360-L2A (180 hp)
Seats / Engines
4 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
20041230
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A8AD70
Registrant of record
JUST PLANE STUFF INC
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
SCHEITZER 2-33A · N65841
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
C
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Cruise — level (EA)
Operator type
Personal/private
Airport
BOULDER CITY
Kind of flying
A1
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Wind
130° / 5 kt
Temp
97° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000000332
Total time
1,409 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Airline transport
Total hours
10
Age
26
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
UT ATTACH FITTING ON MAIN SPAR.
Investigator remarks
LEFT WING FAILED OUTBOARD & ADJACENT TO LIFT STR
Cause factors
- 64/A/09 A PILOT IN COMMAND EXCEEDED DESIGNED STRESS LIMITS OF AIRCRAFT Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/J/49 J MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS SEPARATION IN FLIGHT Joint 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 1617.
Source file
NTSB_1978_3_1617.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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