NTSB CAROL · Event
Event ANC75AA092
Registry · N1750R
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
CESSNA A185F
Year of manufacture
1974 · 1 years old at event
Engine
CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES (285 hp)
Seats / Engines
6 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19760728
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A12E28
Registrant of record
SHORT JAMES B
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 185F · N1750R
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Takeoff — initial climb (C1)
Operator type
E
Airport
BETTLES FIELD
Kind of flying
CI
Weather at impact
Sky
OVERCAST/LOWER SCATTERED
Wind
170° / 10 kt
Temp
65° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
000018502470
Total time
394 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
4,800
Age
31
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
UIPPED.
Investigator remarks
PLT STATED FELT WND REDUCE AT ROTATION..FLOAT EQ
Cause factors
- 64/A/16 A PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 82/J/B J WEATHER RAIN Joint cause
- 88/J/88 J MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER 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
3 1827.
Source file
NTSB_1975_3_1827.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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