NTSB CAROL · Event
Event SEA80FA022
Registry · N5169E
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
CESSNA 172S
Year of manufacture
2002
Engine
LYCOMING IO-360-L2A (180 hp)
Seats / Engines
4 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
20020213
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A67B51
Registrant of record
VENBRO HOLDINGS 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
CESSNA 172N · N5169E
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
Z
Phase of flight
D1
Operator type
Personal/private
Kind of flying
B2
Weather at impact
Sky
UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
Aircraft history
Serial number
000172-71748
Total time
746 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Flight instructor (CFI)
Total hours
1,450
Age
23
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
TIALLY OBSCD.HIT MT ADAMS AT 9000FT LVL.
Investigator remarks
AREA FORECAST CALLED FOR MTN TOPS OBSCD BCMG PAR
Cause factors
- 64/A/04 A PILOT IN COMMAND CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 82/J/A J WEATHER LOW CEILING 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 0688.
Source file
NTSB_1980_3_0688.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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