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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event ANC76AA127

1976-08-28 WAINWRIGHT, Alaska, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N1694M

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

CESSNA A185E

Engine

CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES (285 hp)

Seats / Engines

6 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19710803

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A1160D

Registrant of record

WRAITH LANE T

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N1694M 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 · N1694M

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

D1

Operator type

E

Kind of flying

CI

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Aircraft history

Serial number

000018501879

Total time

3,485 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

2,118

Age

22

Investigator remarks

SUPPORT SHAFT FOR BELLCRANKS FAILED.

Cause factors

74/C/I0 C
POWERPLANT THROTTLE-POWER LEVER ASSEMBLIES Cause
74/C/I1 C
POWERPLANT MIXTURE CONTROL ASSEMBLIES Cause
88/C/36 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FATIGUE FRACTURE Cause
88/C/96 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FUEL STARVATION Cause
68/C/D0 C
PERSONNEL IMPROPER MAINTENANCE (MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL) Cause
83/B/A B
TERRAIN WET,SOFT GROUND

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 3933. Source file NTSB_1976_3_3933.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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