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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event FTW81FRJ31

1981-08-24 WINNSBORO, Louisiana, United States Fatal 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

N21685 Cessna 188B Fatal

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 188B · N21685

Damage

Destroyed

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

DG

Operator type

Part 135 (air taxi/commuter)

Airport

WINNSBORO

Kind of flying

CA

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Temp

75° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000018800957

Total time

2,788 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Flight instructor (CFI)

Total hours

8,500

Age

35

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

G CRASH HELMET,DIED NEXT DAY FM HEAD INJURY.

Investigator remarks

STRUCK PWR LNS AT EDGE OF FLD.PLT WAS NOT WEARIN

Cause factors

64/A/15 A
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS Cause — pilot/personnel action

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 1732. Source file NTSB_1981_3_1732.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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