NTSB CAROL · Event
Event SEA71AS040
Registry · N123CB
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
CESSNA 172M
Year of manufacture
1973
Engine
LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES (180 hp)
Seats / Engines
4 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19731001
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A05F0B
Registrant of record
C C FLYING CLUB
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
LEAR JET 24D · N123CB
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
Marginal VMC
Phase of flight
ED
Operator type
Business
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
OBSCURATION
Wind
340° / 6 kt
Temp
37° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
0000024D-232
Total time
374 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Flight instructor (CFI)
Total hours
768
Age
26
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
BT 8000FT.MTNS OBSC.ARPT BLO MINS.ACFT RCVRD 4/19.
Investigator remarks
HIT MTN,6060FT MSL,APRX 1.6NM FRM VOR,PUBL ALT A
Cause factors
- 64/A/26 A PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER IFR OPERATION Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 82/J/Y J WEATHER OTHER 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 0059.
Source file
NTSB_1971_3_0059.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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