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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event ANC75AA067

1975-03-01 GOODNEWS, Alaska, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N9868X

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

CESSNA 185

Year of manufacture

1961 · 14 years old at event

Engine

CONT MOTOR I0-470 SERIES (260 hp)

Seats / Engines

6 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19610502

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S ADC4F4

Registrant of record

BAYSINGER HAROLD

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 · N9868X

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — descent (EF)

Operator type

E

Airport

GOODNEWS

Kind of flying

CI

Weather at impact

Sky

OVERCAST

Wind

135° / 12 kt

Aircraft history

Serial number

000001850068

Total time

1,789 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

14,577

Age

44

Cause factors

  • 64/C/79 C
    PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL Cause
  • 80/K/BD K
    AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES SNOW WINDROWS 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 1592. Source file NTSB_1975_3_1592.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.