NTSB CAROL · Event
Event FTW66F0505
Registry · N9661T
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
CESSNA 210
Year of manufacture
1960 · 6 years old at event
TCDS
3A21 · TEXTRON AVIATION INC
Engine
CONT MOTOR I0-470 SERIES (260 hp)
Seats / Engines
4 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19600601
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S AD74FD
Registrant of record
SIEBE JAMES E
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 210 · N9661T
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
D1
Operator type
D
Kind of flying
B2
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Wind
360° / 15 kt
Temp
35° F
Aircraft history
Total time
645 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
1,400
Age
52
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
PILOT-SUSPECTED USE OF PAREGORIC.
Investigator remarks
LANDING GEAR WAS EXTENDING AT TOUCHDOWN.
Cause factors
- 88/A/63 A MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FUEL EXHAUSTION Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/03 A PILOT IN COMMAND BECAME LOST/DISORIENTED Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/B/39 B PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO ASSURE THE GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED
- 88/3/67 3 MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS ALCOHOLIC IMPAIRMENT OF EFFICIENCY AND JUDGMENT Subordinate · 3
- 84/3/J 3 MISCELLANEOUS WRITTEN CAUSE Subordinate · 3
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 0756.
Source file
NTSB_1966_3_0756.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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