NTSB CAROL · Event
Event MKC73DER67
Registry · N16241
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
WACO YKS-6
Year of manufacture
1936 · 37 years old at event
Engine
JACOBS L4 /R755-7 (245 hp)
Seats / Engines
5 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19560531
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A0FC1A
Registrant of record
LEBLANC JOHN DAVID
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
WACO YKS-6 · N16241
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Cruise — descent (EF)
Operator type
D
Kind of flying
A3
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Wind
180° / 15 kt
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000004459
Total time
1,419 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Airline transport
Total hours
71
Age
45
Investigator remarks
GUSTING TO 25K. R FLOAT DUG INTO LAKE.
Cause factors
- 64/C/79 C PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL Cause
- 64/C/23 C PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS Cause
- 64/L/02 L PILOT IN COMMAND ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL
- 82/L/H L WEATHER UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS
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 2057.
Source file
NTSB_1973_3_2057.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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