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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event SEA70AS031

1970-02-04 COVE, Oregon, United States Minor 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N29142

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

CESSNA U206C

Engine

CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES (285 hp)

Seats / Engines

6 seats · 1 engine

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A2FC30

Registrant of record

NORDLUM ROGER W

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N29142 Cessna U206 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 U206 · N29142

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — descent (EF)

Operator type

E

Airport

RED HORSE RANCH

Kind of flying

CI

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Temp

35° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000U206-1112

Total time

739 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Flight instructor (CFI)

Total hours

3,191

Age

40

Investigator remarks

CAUSE OF OVERLOAD NOT DETERMINED.

Cause factors

70/C/CE C
AIRFRAME NOSEWHEEL ASSEMBLIES Cause
88/C/94 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OVERLOAD FAILURE 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 0317. Source file NTSB_1970_3_0317.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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