NTSB CAROL · Event
Event SEA74DTI17
Registry · N96809
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
CESSNA 172P
Year of manufacture
1984
Engine
LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES (180 hp)
Seats / Engines
4 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19831208
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S AD7C58
Registrant of record
FOLSOM REALTY GROUP 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
TAYLORCRAFT BC12-D · N96809
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
DC
Operator type
D
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
OVERCAST
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000009109
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
471
Age
22
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
YOTES.
Investigator remarks
RT WING HIT GROUND DURING TURN WHILE SPOTTING CO
Cause factors
- 64/A/08 A PILOT IN COMMAND DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/52 A PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED ALTITUDE AND CLEARANCE Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 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 0362.
Source file
NTSB_1974_3_0362.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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