NTSB CAROL · Event
Event SEA81FYP08
Registry · N4612L
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
CESSNA 172G
Year of manufacture
1966 · 15 years old at event
Engine
CONT MOTOR 0-300 SER (145 hp)
Seats / Engines
4 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19660513
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A59FFB
Registrant of record
GRAYSON CLAYTON 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 172G · N4612L
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
C4
Operator type
D
Airport
NEZ PERCE COUNTY
Kind of flying
A3
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Aircraft history
Serial number
000017254607
Total time
2,417 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Airline transport
Total hours
30
Age
50
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
N FOUND.
Investigator remarks
PLT ABORTED DUE RT GEAR VIBRATION. NO MALFUNCTIO
Cause factors
- 64/A/46 A PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/22 A PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/J/DH J MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS RAN OFF END OF RUNWAY Joint cause
- 88/J/91 J MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS TOUCH AND GO LANDING 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 0159.
Source file
NTSB_1981_3_0159.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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