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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event ANC78FAA31

1978-07-20 BETTLES, Alaska, United States Minor 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N513F

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

CESSNA T206H

Year of manufacture

2025

Engine

LYCOMING TIO-540-AJ1A (310 hp)

Seats / Engines

6 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

20250213

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A66D11

Registrant of record

MENZIA BRIAN EDWARD

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

DEHAVILLAND DHC-2 · N513F

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Z

Weather

Z

Phase of flight

Takeoff — initial climb (C1)

Operator type

Business

Kind of flying

B2

Weather at impact

Sky

UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000001268

Total time

8,473 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

12,255

Age

42

Cause factors

  • 64/A/35 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 64/J/81 J
    PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO ABORT TAKEOFF Joint cause
  • 83/J/A J
    TERRAIN WET,SOFT GROUND 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 3961. Source file NTSB_1978_3_3961.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.