NTSB CAROL · Event
Event IAD74FLQ04
Registry · N986WA
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
SIAI-MARCHETTI S.205/22R
Year of manufacture
1967 · 6 years old at event
Engine
FRANKLIN 6V 350 SERIES (235 hp)
Seats / Engines
4 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19670921
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S ADC363
Registrant of record
WINTER SCOTTY W
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
SIAI-MARCHE S.205 · N986WA
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Cruise — descent (EF)
Operator type
D
Airport
SAMUELS FIELD
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000000386
Total time
559 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
IA (IA)
Total hours
1,267
Age
34
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
SE LANDING GEAR FROM LOCKING IN DOWN POSITION.
Investigator remarks
NOSE LANDING GEAR CONTROL ROD BENT PREVENTING NO
Cause factors
- 68/A/D6 A PERSONNEL INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/A/47 A MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS IMPROPER ALIGNMENT/ADJUSTMENT Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/A/AZ A MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS BENT 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 2521.
Source file
NTSB_1973_3_2521.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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