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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event FTW75DRD11

1974-10-13 PATTERSON, Louisiana, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

N2212T Cessna A185E 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 A185E · N2212T

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

C0

Operator type

Personal/private

Airport

HP WILLIAMS SPB

Kind of flying

B2

Weather at impact

Sky

BROKEN

Wind

135° / 5 kt

Aircraft history

Serial number

000001851364

Total time

2,573 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

1,604

Age

21

Investigator remarks

FLOAT HIT SUBMERGED OBJECT.

Cause factors

64/C/79 C
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL Cause
80/B/BJ B
AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES HIDDEN HAZARD
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 3325. Source file NTSB_1974_3_3325.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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