NTSB CAROL · Event
Event MIA74DKT52
Registry · N2PS
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
CESSNA T206H
Seats / Engines
6 seats · 1 engine
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A18EA7
Registrant of record
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
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
GRUMMAN G-44 · N2PS
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Takeoff — initial climb (C1)
Operator type
G
Airport
GARDEN KEY
Kind of flying
DQ
Weather at impact
Sky
SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET
Wind
090° / 20 kt
Temp
78° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000001299
Total time
3,765 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
GA (GA)
Total hours
7,874
Age
36
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
WITH RUST PREV.CABLE BKN 12IN FWD OF INSP AREA.
Investigator remarks
CORROSION FOUND ON ELEV CABLE,CLEANED AND COATED
Cause factors
- 68/C/D0 C PERSONNEL IMPROPER MAINTENANCE (MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL) Cause
- 75/C/CC C SYSTEMS ELEVATOR AND ELEVATOR TAB CONTROL SYSTEM Cause
- 88/C/55 C MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS CORRODED/CORROSION Cause
- 88/C/95 C MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS MATERIAL FAILURE Cause
- 88/K/88 K MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER 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 3853.
Source file
NTSB_1973_3_3853.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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