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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event ANC80DA086

1980-08-14 EEK, Alaska, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N70148

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

CESSNA A185E

Year of manufacture

1972 · 8 years old at event

Engine

CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES (285 hp)

Seats / Engines

6 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19720508

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A95B4A

Registrant of record

PANTING EDWIN ALLAN

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 · N70148

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dusk

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EE

Operator type

E

Airport

EEK

Kind of flying

CI

Weather at impact

Sky

OVERCAST

Aircraft history

Serial number

000018502020

Total time

3,700 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

1,002

Age

38

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

OSED.PLT STATED NO NIGHT FLT IN LAST 90DAYS.

Investigator remarks

CO FLT PLAN.RWY SLIPPERY WHEN WET.RWY NOTAMED CL

Cause factors

  • 64/C/02 C
    PILOT IN COMMAND ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL Cause
  • 64/C/29 C
    PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Cause
  • 88/C/AP C
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS RUNWAY CLOSED Cause
  • 64/C/46 C
    PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED Cause
  • 80/L/BA L
    AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES WET RUNWAY
  • 82/L/B L
    WEATHER RAIN
  • 82/L/C L
    WEATHER FOG
  • 88/K/DH K
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS RAN OFF END OF RUNWAY 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 2361. Source file NTSB_1980_3_2361.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.