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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event ANC73DAG49

1972-09-30 KING SALMON, Alaska, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N5812J

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

CESSNA A185E

Year of manufacture

1970 · 2 years old at event

Engine

CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES (285 hp)

Seats / Engines

6 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19700715

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A77C46

Registrant of record

BEDFORD DENNIS L

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N5812J Cessna 185E None

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 185E · N5812J

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

C0

Operator type

D

Airport

KING SALMON

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED

Wind

200° / 14 kt

Temp

35° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000018501781

Total time

391 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

777

Age

36

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

T SLOW BECOMING AIRBORNE. PROP GOV SURGE AT CRUISE

Investigator remarks

FLOAT EQUIPPED. PROP ABNORMAL DURING RUN UP. ACF

Cause factors

64/C/01 C
PILOT IN COMMAND ATTEMPTED OPERATION W/KNOWN DEFICIENCIES IN EQUIPMENT Cause
64/B/81 B
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO ABORT TAKEOFF
64/L/29 L
PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING
83/K/I K
TERRAIN HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS 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 2993. Source file NTSB_1972_3_2993.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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