NTSB CAROL · Event
Event SEA67D0091
Registry · N9617Z
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
CESSNA U206G
TCDS
A4CE · CESSNA
Engine
CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES (285 hp)
Seats / Engines
6 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19820202
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S AD6342
Registrant of record
WRIGHT WILLIAM F TRUSTEE
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
CALLAIR A-9 · N9617Z
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dusk
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
DG
Operator type
Part 135 (air taxi/commuter)
Kind of flying
CA
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Temp
68° F
Aircraft history
Total time
1,200 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
10,000
Age
40
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
O BE SPRAYED
Investigator remarks
PILOT DID NOT MAKE A GROUND INSPECTION OF AREA T
Cause factors
- 64/C/15 C PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS Cause
- 64/C/29 C PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Cause
- 83/L/I L TERRAIN HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS
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 3503.
Source file
NTSB_1966_3_3503.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
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