NTSB CAROL · Event
Event FTW66A0034
Registry · N628B
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
CESSNA T206H
Year of manufacture
2019
Engine
LYCOMING TIO-540-AJ1A (310 hp)
Seats / Engines
6 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
20190912
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A8340E
Registrant of record
HELSLEY WILLIAM W
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
BEECHCRAFT C45H · N628B
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Cruise — descent (EF)
Operator type
E
Airport
KILLEEN
Kind of flying
CI
Weather at impact
Sky
OVERCAST
Wind
340° / 12 kt
Temp
70° F
Aircraft history
Total time
1,911 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
2,400
Age
40
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
A SHORT CIRCUIT TO THE DOWN LOCK SOLENOID
Investigator remarks
ROCKER ARM SWITCH WORN EXCESSIVELY RESULTING IN
Cause factors
- 70/A/CB A AIRFRAME NORMAL RETRACTION/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 75/A/AL A SYSTEMS SWITCHES Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/A/36 A MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FATIGUE FRACTURE Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 68/A/D6 A PERSONNEL INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION Cause — pilot/personnel action
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 3792.
Source file
NTSB_1965_3_3792.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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