NTSB CAROL · Event
Event CHI81FA058
Registry · N206J
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
CESSNA U206C
Year of manufacture
1967 · 14 years old at event
Engine
CONT MOTOR IO-520-F (300 hp)
Seats / Engines
6 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
20100603
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A1A915
Registrant of record
J BEAR TOURS LLC
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
BOEING A75 · N206J
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Takeoff — initial climb (C1)
Operator type
D
Airport
BOTSFORD
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
BROKEN
Wind
220° / 9 kt
Temp
73° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
0000075-1405
Total time
2,196 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
4,300
Age
64
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
NT,HYD LOCK.PISTON SKIRT RUB COUNTER-WT.TURN DNWND
Investigator remarks
START ENG WO DRAIN CYL OIL INTR-CNCT.NO 4 ROD BE
Cause factors
- 64/C/29 C PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Cause
- 74/C/AC C POWERPLANT MASTER AND CONNECTING RODS Cause
- 88/C/AZ C MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS BENT Cause
- 88/C/95 C MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS MATERIAL FAILURE Cause
- 64/B/16 B PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED
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 2807.
Source file
NTSB_1981_3_2807.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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