NTSB CAROL · Event
Event MKC67D0295
Registry · N192Z
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
DEHAVILLAND BEAVER DHC-2 MK.1
Year of manufacture
1959 · 7 years old at event
Engine
P&W R-985 SERIES (450 hp)
Seats / Engines
8 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
20020502
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A171D8
Registrant of record
USDA FOREST SERVICE
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
DEHAVILAND DHC-2 · N192Z
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Takeoff — initial climb (C1)
Operator type
G
Kind of flying
DQ
Weather at impact
Sky
UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
Temp
40° F
Aircraft history
Total time
2,500 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Flight instructor (CFI)
Total hours
9,232
Age
45
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
T RETRACTED ON T/O,CAUSED FLOATS TO DIG IN ON LDG.
Investigator remarks
WATER PICK-UP SCOOP ON FIRE PATROL ACFT FLOAT NO
Cause factors
- 64/A/52 A PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED ALTITUDE AND CLEARANCE Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/B/19 B PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO USE OR INCORRECTLY USED MISC.EQUIPMENT
- 83/J/H J TERRAIN GLASSY WATER Joint 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 3845.
Source file
NTSB_1966_3_3845.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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