NTSB CAROL · Event
Event SEA65A0064
Registry · N8536T
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
CESSNA A185E
Seats / Engines
6 seats · 1 engine
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S ABB5B9
Registrant of record
LALONDE TERRENCE E TRUSTEE
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
CESSNA 182C · N8536T
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dusk
Weather
IMC
Phase of flight
D9
Operator type
Business
Airport
FORKS AIRPORT
Kind of flying
B2
Weather at impact
Sky
OVERCAST
Wind
290° / 4 kt
Temp
48° F
Aircraft history
Total time
1,313 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
682
Age
40
Cause factors
- 64/A/04 A PILOT IN COMMAND CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/33 A PILOT IN COMMAND EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 82/J/A J WEATHER LOW CEILING Joint cause
- 82/J/C J WEATHER FOG 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
2 0455.
Source file
NTSB_1965_2_0455.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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