NTSB CAROL · Event
Event ANC66A0034
Registry · N9950X
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
CESSNA 185
Year of manufacture
1961 · 5 years old at event
Engine
CONT MOTOR I0-470 SERIES (260 hp)
Seats / Engines
6 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19610629
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S ADE7A4
Registrant of record
HEDLUND MARK
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 · N9950X
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Cruise — descent (EF)
Operator type
E
Kind of flying
CY
Weather at impact
Sky
OVERCAST
Wind
060° / 12 kt
Temp
12° F
Aircraft history
Total time
1,568 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
987
Age
25
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
DING ON FROZEN BAY.CALCULATED RISK.
Investigator remarks
MAIL FLIGHT.COLLIDED WITH ICE HUMMOCK DURING LAN
Cause factors
- 64/C/33 C PILOT IN COMMAND EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT Cause
- 82/C/V C WEATHER OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION Cause
- 64/L/35 L PILOT IN COMMAND SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN
- 83/L/F L TERRAIN ROUGH/UNEVEN
- 88/K/94 K MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OVERLOAD FAILURE Joint factor
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 1247.
Source file
NTSB_1966_3_1247.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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