NTSB CAROL · Event
Event SEA81FYE03
Registry · N70438
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
CESSNA A185F
Year of manufacture
1973 · 7 years old at event
Engine
CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES (285 hp)
Seats / Engines
6 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19730326
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A9664C
Registrant of record
SNELLER HEATH E
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 185 · N70438
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
B1
Operator type
D
Airport
SEA-TAC INTL
Kind of flying
B2
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Wind
010° / 16 kt
Aircraft history
Serial number
000018502170
Total time
2,606 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
1,312
Age
39
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
D ABOUT 30 SEC LATER,BLEW CESSNA OVER ON WG.
Investigator remarks
PLT LND,TWR TOLD HIM TO CLEAR RWY ASAP. DC-10 LN
Cause factors
- 68/C/A C PERSONNEL RULES,REGULATIONS,STANDARDS PERSONNEL Cause
- 84/C/1 C MISCELLANEOUS VORTEX TURBULENCE 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 3020.
Source file
NTSB_1980_3_3020.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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- Embry-Riddle Scholarly Commons 2022 · Journal article (IJAAA)
Comparison of Schedules, Stress, Sleep Problems, Fatigue, Mental Health and Well-being of Low Cost and Network Carrier Pilots
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- Embry-Riddle Scholarly Commons 1996 · Journal article (JAAER)
The Edwards Personal Preference Schedule as a Predictor of Success in a Collegiate Professional Pilot Training Program
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- Embry-Riddle Scholarly Commons 1994 · Journal article (JAAER)
Testing for the Existence of the Pilot Personality Profile in Collegiate Professional Pilot Candidates
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