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Event SEA71DWG25

1970-10-03 MEAD, Washington, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N3128Q

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

CESSNA 182K

Year of manufacture

1967 · 3 years old at event

Engine

CONT MOTOR O-470 SERIES (230 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19670426

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A351BE

Registrant of record

K BELL ENTERPRISES INC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N3128Q Cessna 182C None

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 · N3128Q

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EE

Operator type

Part 91 (general aviation)

Airport

MEAD

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

140° / 6 kt

Temp

75° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000018258128

Total time

900 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

186

Age

36

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

DEFINE THRESHHOLD.LNDD APRX 2/3RD DOWN RWY.

Investigator remarks

TREES,PWR LINES,APCH END OF RWY.PLT STATED UN TO

Cause factors

64/C/46 C
PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED Cause
64/C/82 C
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO INITIATE GO-AROUND Cause
80/L/BY L
AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES OTHER
83/L/I L
TERRAIN HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS

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 3908. Source file NTSB_1970_3_3908.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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