NTSB CAROL · Event
Event SEA71FWD23
Registry · N2382Y
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
CESSNA 182S
Year of manufacture
1998
TCDS
3A13 · TEXTRON AVIATION INC
Engine
LYCOMING IO-540 SER (300 hp)
Seats / Engines
4 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19981104
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A228ED
Registrant of record
BARNWATER DEVELOPMENT 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
CESSNA 177 · N2382Y
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Takeoff — initial climb (C1)
Operator type
Personal/private
Airport
SWANSON
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Temp
40° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
000017700182
Total time
945 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
304
Age
33
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
ITION.T/O DIST NOT COMPUTED.HIT WIRES,TREES.
Investigator remarks
ACFT NEAR MAX GWT.T/O FR GRASS STRIP,NO WND COND
Cause factors
- 64/A/29 A PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/24 A PILOT IN COMMAND PREMATURE LIFT-OFF Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/16 A PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/81 A PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO ABORT TAKEOFF Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 83/A/I A TERRAIN HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS Cause — pilot/personnel action
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 2048.
Source file
NTSB_1970_3_2048.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
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