NTSB CAROL · Event
Event ANC76AA136
Registry · N29061
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
CESSNA U206C
Year of manufacture
1968 · 8 years old at event
Engine
CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES (285 hp)
Seats / Engines
6 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
20050607
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A2F8BE
Registrant of record
SWALLING FREDERICK M
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 U206 · N29061
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Takeoff — initial climb (C1)
Operator type
E
Kind of flying
CI
Weather at impact
Sky
OVERCAST
Wind
180° / 20 kt
Aircraft history
Serial number
000U206-1045
Total time
1,387 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
DA (DA)
Total hours
6,450
Age
38
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
ARE OF POSSIBLE WSHFT PROBLEMS BEFORE TKOF.
Investigator remarks
ENCTRD 180 DEG WSHFT AFT TKOF W SLOW A/S. PLT AW
Cause factors
- 64/A/16 A PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 82/C/J C WEATHER SUDDEN WINDSHIFT Cause
- 64/C/33 C PILOT IN COMMAND EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT 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 2848.
Source file
NTSB_1976_3_2848.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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