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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event FTW73DRG81

1973-05-26 BELTON, Texas, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N2269B

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

CESSNA T206H

Engine

LYCOMING TIO-540-AJ1A (310 hp)

Seats / Engines

6 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

20070529

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A1FAE0

Registrant of record

VAN BORTEL AIRCRAFT INC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N2269B AERO COMDR 560A 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

AERO COMDR 560A · N2269B

Damage

Destroyed

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

D1

Operator type

L

Kind of flying

A0

Weather at impact

Sky

SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000000263

Total time

8,273 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Flight instructor (CFI)

Total hours

440

Age

33

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

ILURE OF R ENG.

Investigator remarks

PLT DID NOT APPLY ADEQUATE PWR TO L ENG AFTER FA

Cause factors

74/C/KA C
POWERPLANT POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS Cause
64/B/21 B
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS
88/B/07 B
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS IMPROPER EMERGENCY PROCEDURES
83/K/F K
TERRAIN ROUGH/UNEVEN Joint factor
88/B/DG B
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS INTENTIONAL WHEELS-UP

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 1027. Source file NTSB_1973_3_1027.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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