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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event FTW71FRD26

1970-11-09 CENTERVILLE, Louisiana, United States Minor 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N124LR

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

CESSNA A185E

Year of manufacture

1970 · 0 years old at event

Engine

CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES (285 hp)

Seats / Engines

6 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19780405

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A06398

Registrant of record

WILSON DAVID J

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N124LR Cessna A185E Minor

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 A185E · N124LR

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EE

Operator type

Business

Kind of flying

B3

Weather at impact

Sky

UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED

Wind

210° / 8 kt

Temp

67° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000018501639

Total time

648 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

4,600

Age

47

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

CFT DMG NOT COMPATIBLE.

Investigator remarks

LND ON BAYOU. PLT THOUGHT HE HIT SUBMERGED LOG,A

Cause factors

64/C/25 C
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER LEVEL OFF Cause
82/L/H L
WEATHER UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS
88/K/88 K
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER Joint factor

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 4148. Source file NTSB_1970_3_4148.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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