NTSB CAROL · Event
Event SEA73FYA13
Registry · N9403Y
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
CESSNA T210N
Year of manufacture
1981
Engine
CONT MOTOR TSIO-520 SER (300 hp)
Seats / Engines
6 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19810902
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S AD1000
Registrant of record
FLORIDA EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATIONS 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
BEECH 35-A33 · N9403Y
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Takeoff — initial climb (C1)
Operator type
Part 91 (general aviation)
Airport
FRIEDMAN
Kind of flying
B2
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Wind
180° / 7 kt
Temp
75° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000CD-232
Total time
2,966 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
500
Age
52
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
ALT 7355 FT,NEAR MAX GROSS WT.TRIED TO RET TO FLD
Investigator remarks
INTERSECTION DOWNWIND T/O ON UPSLOPE RWY.DENSITY
Cause factors
- 64/A/29 A PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/16 A PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/J/27 J PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING Joint cause
- 80/J/BY J AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES OTHER Joint cause
- 88/J/AQ J MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS DOWNWIND Joint cause
- 82/J/W J WEATHER HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE Joint cause
- 88/J/16 J MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FAILED TO USE ALL AVAILABLE RUNWAY Joint cause
- 83/J/I J TERRAIN HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS 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 1257.
Source file
NTSB_1972_3_1257.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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