NTSB CAROL · Event
Event SEA81DYM20
Registry · N5217M
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
TALOS DRONES T60X
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A68FFE
Registrant of record
AMERICAN DRONE NETWORK 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
BEECH C23 · N5217M
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Cruise — descent (EF)
Operator type
Personal/private
Airport
PORTLAND INTL
Kind of flying
A0
Weather at impact
Sky
OVERCAST
Wind
110° / 17 kt
Aircraft history
Serial number
0000000M2020
Total time
678 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Flight instructor (CFI)
Total hours
1,650
Age
35
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
S DMGD.
Investigator remarks
LND HARD AT SCAPPOOSE,CONT TO PORTLAND. RT GR WA
Cause factors
- 64/A/30 A PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 66/A/50 A DUAL STUDENT Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 66/A/25 A DUAL STUDENT Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/J/94 J MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OVERLOAD FAILURE Joint cause
- 88/J/AH J MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS PREVIOUS DAMAGE Joint cause
- 88/1/AW 1 MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FEMALE PILOT Subordinate · 1
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 0290.
Source file
NTSB_1981_3_0290.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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