NTSB CAROL · Event
Event SEA79DYA15
Registry · N9851A
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
CESSNA 190
Engine
CONT MOTOR W670 SERIES (250 hp)
Seats / Engines
5 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19550910
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S ADC033
Registrant of record
RHOADS MICHAEL C
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 190 · N9851A
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Cruise — descent (EF)
Operator type
D
Airport
MCCALL MUNI
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Temp
70° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000007561
Total time
4,793 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
435
Age
40
Cause factors
- 64/C/79 C PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL Cause
- 64/C/22 C PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS Cause
- 88/K/94 K MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OVERLOAD FAILURE 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 1380.
Source file
NTSB_1979_3_1380.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
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