NTSB CAROL · Event
Event SEA70A0007
Registry · N992T
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
STODDARD HAMILTON GLASTAR
Year of manufacture
2001
Engine
LYCOMING I0-360-B1E (180 hp)
Seats / Engines
2 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
20011026
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S ADDBBA
Registrant of record
EHRLER AMANDA MARIE
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
BEECH D50E · N992T
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Cruise climb (DB)
Operator type
Business
Airport
RICHS
Kind of flying
B2
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Temp
70° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000DH-328
Total time
2,430 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
4,250
Age
52
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
HOME. STRUCK TREES 80 FT AGL.
Investigator remarks
PLT BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN LOOKING AT FRIENDS NEW
Cause factors
- 64/A/15 A PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/J/08 J PILOT IN COMMAND DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT Joint cause
- 88/J/14 J MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING 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 3134.
Source file
NTSB_1969_3_3134.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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