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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event FTW82DRA11

1981-11-19 HOUSTON, Texas, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N6277Z

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

CESSNA TU206G

Year of manufacture

1979 · 2 years old at event

Engine

CONT MOTOR TSIO-520 SER (300 hp)

Seats / Engines

6 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19900726

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A833A3

Registrant of record

AIRCRAFT GUARANTY CORP TRUSTEE

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N6277Z Cessna U206G 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 U206G · N6277Z

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

B0

Operator type

Business

Kind of flying

B3

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

338° / 15 kt

Aircraft history

Serial number

000U20606211

Total time

239 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

DA (DA)

Total hours

3,145

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

& BARGE IN BRAYS BAYOU.EQUIPPED W FLOATS.

Investigator remarks

STRUCK SUBMERGED OBSTN WHILE TAXIING ARND A TUG

Cause factors

64/A/35 A
PILOT IN COMMAND SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN Cause — pilot/personnel action
83/J/E J
TERRAIN HIDDEN OBSTRUCTIONS Joint cause
88/J/88 J
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER 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 2597. Source file NTSB_1981_3_2597.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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