NTSB CAROL · Event
Event NYC65A0140
Registry · N2185U
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
CESSNA U206F
Year of manufacture
1974
TCDS
A4CE · TEXTRON AVIATION INC
Engine
CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES (285 hp)
Seats / Engines
6 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19740327
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A1DA54
Registrant of record
LETHIN SAVANNA C
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
BRANTLY B-2A · N2185U
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Balloon
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
DC
Operator type
Business
Kind of flying
DE
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Aircraft history
Total time
298 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
6,952
Age
54
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
SYSTEMS-FAILURE-WOODRUFF KEY IN T/R DRIVE SHAFT
Cause factors
- 84/C/J C MISCELLANEOUS WRITTEN CAUSE Cause
- 88/C/95 C MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS MATERIAL FAILURE Cause
- 88/J/88 J MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER 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
2 0372.
Source file
NTSB_1965_2_0372.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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