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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event ANC76DA001

1976-10-02 KIPNUK, Alaska, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N2241T

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

19680516

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A1F26A

Registrant of record

WHITTOCK TYSON H

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 · N2241T

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

SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET

Wind

090° / 15 kt

Aircraft history

Serial number

000001851397

Total time

1,975 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

20,512

Age

54

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

AKE.

Investigator remarks

FLOAT HIT BANK. TRIED TO TKOF IN SHORT PART OF L

Cause factors

  • 64/A/16 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 64/A/47 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED DISTANCE Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 64/J/29 J
    PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING 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 3145. Source file NTSB_1976_3_3145.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.