NTSB CAROL · Event
Event MKC68A0005
Registry · N61388
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
CESSNA A185F
Year of manufacture
1980
Engine
CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES (285 hp)
Seats / Engines
6 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19801121
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A7FD74
Registrant of record
SEIDLER MATTHEW J
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
BEECH C-18S · N61388
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EE
Operator type
E
Airport
GRAND FORKS INTL
Kind of flying
CI
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Wind
225° / 15 kt
Temp
80° F
Aircraft history
Total time
5,127 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Flight instructor (CFI)
Total hours
4,000
Age
34
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
DUE TO CLUTCH DOGS NOT ENGAGING,RUST.
Investigator remarks
NORMAL EXTENSION FAILED DUE TO DEAD BATTERY,EMER
Cause factors
- 70/A/CB A AIRFRAME NORMAL RETRACTION/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 70/A/CC A AIRFRAME EMERGENCY/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/A/55 A MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS CORRODED/CORROSION Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 68/A/D6 A PERSONNEL INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/J/33 J MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS ELECTRICAL FAILURE Joint cause
- 88/J/76 J MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS IMPROPERLY LOADED AIRCRAFT-WEIGHT-AND/OR C.G. 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 4658.
Source file
NTSB_1967_3_4658.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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