NTSB CAROL · Event
Event FTW71FRG69
Registry · N8734Z
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
CESSNA P206D
Year of manufacture
1968 · 3 years old at event
Engine
CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES (285 hp)
Seats / Engines
6 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19681118
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S AC0477
Registrant of record
HARDIN MATTHEW 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
CESSNA 206P · N8734Z
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dusk
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
D0
Operator type
Business
Airport
LAUGHLIN AFB 1
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET
Wind
060° / 6 kt
Temp
56° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
000P206-0534
Total time
325 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
2,700
Age
39
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
HIT PWR LINE DRG APCH TO LIGHTED CATTLE FEED AREA.
Investigator remarks
DRG CLB THRU 2000FT ENG BEGAN TO CUT OUT-SURGE.
Cause factors
- 74/C/KA C POWERPLANT POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS Cause
- 83/B/I B TERRAIN HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS
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 0552.
Source file
NTSB_1971_3_0552.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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