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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event ANC79DAG76

1979-07-07 SOLDOTNA, Alaska, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N2233T

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

19680430

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A1EEF9

Registrant of record

SEWARD AIR TAXI LLC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N2233T 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 · N2233T

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — descent (EF)

Operator type

D

Airport

SOLDOTNA

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Aircraft history

Serial number

0000185-1386

Total time

1,000 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

550

Age

36

Cause factors

64/C/79 C
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL Cause
82/L/H L
WEATHER UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS
80/L/BA L
AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES WET RUNWAY
88/K/94 K
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OVERLOAD FAILURE Joint factor

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 2309. Source file NTSB_1979_3_2309.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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