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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event FTW72FRD07

1971-08-05 VACHERIE, Louisiana, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

N1778S Snow 600S2D 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

SNOW 600S2D · N1778S

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

C0

Operator type

Part 135 (air taxi/commuter)

Airport

FARM STRIP

Kind of flying

CB

Weather at impact

Sky

SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET

Temp

80° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000600-1378D

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

10,151

Age

45

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

GHT LARGE PUDDLE,ACFT SWERVED INTO SUGAR CANE.

Investigator remarks

OPNS PREVIOUSLY SUSPENDED DUE RAIN SHWRS. GR CAU

Cause factors

64/C/29 C
PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Cause
64/C/35 C
PILOT IN COMMAND SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN Cause
80/L/BA L
AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES WET RUNWAY

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 2888. Source file NTSB_1971_3_2888.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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