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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event SEA80FYP01

1979-10-02 LEWISTON, Idaho, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N8489T

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

CESSNA 182C

Year of manufacture

1959 · 20 years old at event

Engine

CONT MOTOR O-470 SERIES (230 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19591211

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S ABA136

Registrant of record

GORDON ROBERT A

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N8489T Cessna 182C None

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 182C · N8489T

Damage

None

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Night

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

A1

Operator type

Part 91 (general aviation)

Airport

SPAULDING

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Aircraft history

Serial number

000018252389

Total time

3,380 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Flight instructor (CFI)

Total hours

641

Age

27

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

FT,ONE WALKED INTO ROTATING PROP. STRIP UNLIGHTED.

Investigator remarks

BECAME STUCK DURING TURN AROUND. 2 MEN PUSHED AC

Cause factors

64/A/20 A
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. Cause — pilot/personnel action
68/A/K9 A
PERSONNEL OTHER Cause — pilot/personnel action
80/J/BY J
AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES OTHER 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 2381. Source file NTSB_1979_3_2381.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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