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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event FTW76DRD68

1976-09-23 PATTERSON, Louisiana, United States Serious 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N70279

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

LANCAIR LANCAIR ES/ES FAST

Engine

CONT MOTOR IO-550 SERIES (300 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

20050217

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A95F6B

Registrant of record

SH TH LLC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N70279 Cessna A185F Serious

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 A185F · N70279

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EE

Operator type

Business

Kind of flying

B2

Weather at impact

Sky

SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET

Wind

045° / 6 kt

Temp

85° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000018502091

Total time

1,281 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Flight instructor (CFI)

Total hours

20,000

Age

63

Investigator remarks

FLOAT EQUIPPED ACFT.

Cause factors

64/A/11 A
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO RETRACT LANDING GEAR Cause — pilot/personnel action
88/J/03 J
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS CHECKLIST-FAILED TO USE Joint cause

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 3105. Source file NTSB_1976_3_3105.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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