NTSB CAROL · Event
Event FTW77DPG16
Registry · N1868Z
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
CESSNA 210-5
Year of manufacture
1962 · 15 years old at event
Engine
CONT MOTOR IO-470 SER (260 hp)
Seats / Engines
6 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19621005
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A15A7E
Registrant of record
ZULU FORTY ONE LLC
Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).
Aircraft involved
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 205 · N1868Z
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EE
Operator type
D
Airport
DRAKE FIELD
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
OVERCAST
Aircraft history
Serial number
0000205-0068
Total time
3,216 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
546
Age
36
Cause factors
- 64/C/25 C PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER LEVEL OFF Cause
- 64/B/62 B PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER RECOVERY FROM BOUNCED LANDING
- 88/L/74 L MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS AIRFRAME ICE
- 82/L/F L WEATHER ICING CONDITIONS-INCLUDES SLEET,FREEZING RAIN,ETC.
- 80/K/BB K AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES ICE/SLUSH ON RUNWAY Joint factor
- 88/1/AW 1 MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FEMALE PILOT Subordinate · 1
- 88/K/94 K MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OVERLOAD FAILURE 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 0188.
Source file
NTSB_1977_3_0188.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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