NTSB CAROL · Event
Event ANC66A0007
Registry · N9966X
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
CESSNA 185
Year of manufacture
1961 · 4 years old at event
Engine
CONT MOTOR I0-470 SERIES (260 hp)
Seats / Engines
6 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19610622
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S ADEC2D
Registrant of record
FICKUS TIMOTHY R
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 · N9966X
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
B1
Airport
BETTLES
Weather at impact
Sky
SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET
Wind
230° / 7 kt
Temp
51° F
Aircraft history
Total time
3,116 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Flight instructor (CFI)
Total hours
20,951
Age
43
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
TO PARKING AREA.
Investigator remarks
AIRCRAFT STRUCK SEVERAL OIL DRUMS WHILE TAXIING
Cause factors
- 64/A/15 A PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/38 A PILOT IN COMMAND TAXIED/PARKED WITHOUT PROPER ASSISTANCE Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/J/61 J MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS CONGESTED TRAFFIC-PATTERN Joint cause
- 64/J/20 J PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. 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
1 0046.
Source file
NTSB_1965_1_0046.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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