NTSB CAROL · Event
Event SEA73DYE23
Registry · N57185
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
RYAN AERONAUTICAL ST3KR
Engine
KINNER R5 SERIES (160 hp)
Seats / Engines
2 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19610119
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A755AE
Registrant of record
CLEAR BLUE MARKETING 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
RYAN ST-3KR · N57185
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EJ
Operator type
D
Airport
HARVEY FIELD
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000001766
Total time
2,847 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
1,055
Age
39
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
CH.TURNED DURG LNDG ABORT,DUG WING TIP INTO GND.
Investigator remarks
RYAN N57185 ABOVE CESSNA 170(N2584V) ON FINAL AP
Cause factors
- 64/A/53 A PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED ALTITUDE Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 84/A/7 A MISCELLANEOUS EVASIVE MANEUVER TO AVOID COLLISION Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 68/A/K0 A PERSONNEL PILOT OF OTHER AIRCRAFT 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 3863.
Source file
NTSB_1972_3_3863.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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