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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event FTW70FRJ01

1970-02-16 TYLER, Texas, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N69RH

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

CESSNA 401A

Engine

CONT MOTOR GTSIO-520-C (340 hp)

Seats / Engines

8 seats · 2 engines

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A929DC

Registrant of record

WHEELS DOWN AIR LLC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N69RH Cessna 401A None

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 401A · N69RH

Damage

Minor

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

C

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — descent (EF)

Operator type

D

Airport

POUNDS

Kind of flying

B2

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

315° / 10 kt

Aircraft history

Serial number

000401A-0122

Total time

87 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

662

Age

35

Cause factors

64/A/13 A
PILOT IN COMMAND INADVERTENTLY RETRACTED GEAR 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 5 0022. Source file NTSB_1970_5_0022.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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