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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event FTW75FRD41

1975-04-27 IOWA, Louisiana, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N60885

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

BOEING A75N1(PT17)

Engine

CONT MOTOR W670 SERIES (250 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

20010324

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A7E885

Registrant of record

COCONUT FLYERS LLC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N60885 Boeing A75N1 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

BOEING A75N1 · N60885

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EE

Operator type

Part 135 (air taxi/commuter)

Airport

MALLET

Kind of flying

CB

Weather at impact

Sky

SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET

Wind

160° / 15 kt

Temp

75° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

0000075-2757

Total time

5,947 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

5,140

Age

36

Investigator remarks

GUSTING TO 20K.

Cause factors

64/C/80 C
PILOT IN COMMAND SELECTED WRONG RUNWAY RELATIVE TO EXISTING WIND Cause
64/C/46 C
PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED Cause
64/C/82 C
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO INITIATE GO-AROUND Cause
64/B/22 B
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS
88/L/AQ L
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS DOWNWIND
82/L/H L
WEATHER UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS

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 0840. Source file NTSB_1975_3_0840.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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