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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event FTW67A0026

1966-08-28 DALE ROBERTSN, Texas, United States Minor 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N12126

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

EMBRAER EMB-145XR

Year of manufacture

2003

Engine

ROLLS-ROYC AE3007 SER

Seats / Engines

55 seats · 2 engines

Last airworthiness date

20050225

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A05A26

Registrant of record

AVTRAN 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

BENSEN B8 · N12126

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

I

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EH

Operator type

D

Airport

WOODLAND SHORES

Kind of flying

B1

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

360° / 12 kt

Temp

86° F

Pilot

Certificate

Airline transport

Total hours

8

Age

42

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

R TAXI PRACTICE.TURNED DOWN WIND-ATTEMPTED LANDING

Investigator remarks

BECAME AIRBORNE TOO NEAR END OF LAKE DURING WATE

Cause factors

  • 64/A/23 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 64/A/25 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER LEVEL OFF Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 64/J/02 J
    PILOT IN COMMAND ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL Joint cause
  • 88/J/AQ J
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS DOWNWIND Joint cause

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 2 0731. Source file NTSB_1966_2_0731.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.