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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event NYC76FNC61

1976-08-04 WOLFEBORO, New Hampshire, United States Minor 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N185HC

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

CESSNA A185F

Seats / Engines

6 seats · 1 engine

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A153F1

Registrant of record

CALDEN HARVEY

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N185HC Cessna A185E Minor

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

CESSNA A185E · N185HC

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EE

Operator type

D

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

270° / 10 kt

Aircraft history

Serial number

0000185-1267

Total time

5,552 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

6,051

Age

67

Investigator remarks

AMPHIBIOUS FLOATS.

Cause factors

64/A/11 A
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO RETRACT LANDING GEAR Cause — pilot/personnel action
88/J/88 J
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER Joint cause
88/J/03 J
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS CHECKLIST-FAILED TO USE 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 2160. Source file NTSB_1976_3_2160.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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