NTSB CAROL · Event
Event SEA75FYE33
Registry · N9046F
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
CESSNA T210N
Year of manufacture
1979
Engine
CONT MOTOR TSIO-520 SER (300 hp)
Seats / Engines
6 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19811228
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S AC8138
Registrant of record
CENTURION AVIATION LLC
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
HUGHES 369HS · N9046F
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Balloon
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
C2
Operator type
Personal/private
Kind of flying
DB
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Temp
35° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
00001090208S
Total time
2,410 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
DA (DA)
Total hours
3,150
Age
26
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
DG OK.
Investigator remarks
LND IN ATHLETIC FLD.PLT COULD HAVE MADE RUN ON L
Cause factors
- 74/C/KA C POWERPLANT POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS Cause
- 64/B/20 B PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC.
- 83/K/I K TERRAIN HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS Joint factor
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 0328.
Source file
NTSB_1975_3_0328.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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