NTSB CAROL · Event
Event ANC70A0011
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 · N5886T
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Cruise — descent (EF)
Operator type
E
Kind of flying
CI
Weather at impact
Sky
SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET
Aircraft history
Serial number
000001850786
Total time
1,776 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
15,000
Age
43
Investigator remarks
FLOAT EQUIPPED ACFT STRUCK SUBMERGED OBJECT,SANK
Cause factors
- 83/C/E C TERRAIN HIDDEN OBSTRUCTIONS Cause
- 88/K/88 K MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER 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 2635.
Source file
NTSB_1969_3_2635.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
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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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