NTSB CAROL · Event
Event SEA77DYM14
Registry · N8720X
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
CESSNA 182D
Engine
CONT MOTOR O-470 SERIES (230 hp)
Seats / Engines
4 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19610202
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S AC0032
Registrant of record
SPARKS BRIAN ELSLIE
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 182 · N8720X
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EJ
Operator type
D
Airport
WAKONDA BEACH
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET
Temp
50° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
182D18253120
Total time
2,800 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
124
Age
40
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
TRANSMISSION WIRES ON GO-ARND.
Investigator remarks
LDG ON WET SOD RWY.BRAKING INEFFECTIVE,FLEW THRU
Cause factors
- 64/A/29 A PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/07 A PILOT IN COMMAND DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/44 A PILOT IN COMMAND SPONTANEOUS-IMPROPER ACTION Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 80/J/BA J AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES WET RUNWAY 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 0075.
Source file
NTSB_1977_3_0075.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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- Embry-Riddle Scholarly Commons 2003 · Journal article (JAAER)
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