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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event SEA78FYE04

1977-12-06 SEATTLE, Washington, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N1022F

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

CESSNA A185F

Year of manufacture

1975 · 2 years old at event

Engine

CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES (285 hp)

Seats / Engines

6 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19750307

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A00EC6

Registrant of record

GOODFELLOW MALCOLM D

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N1022F Cessna 185F None

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 185F · N1022F

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

D2

Operator type

E

Airport

KING COUNTY INTL

Kind of flying

CI

Weather at impact

Sky

OVERCAST

Wind

160° / 20 kt

Temp

35° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000018502690

Total time

466 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Flight instructor (CFI)

Total hours

2,164

Age

27

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

R TO AVOID WIRES,TRAFFIC.

Investigator remarks

LNDG GEAR-FLOATS W/WHEELS.LDG ON FREEWAY.MANEUVE

Cause factors

74/C/KA C
POWERPLANT POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS Cause
84/B/7 B
MISCELLANEOUS EVASIVE MANEUVER TO AVOID COLLISION
83/K/I K
TERRAIN HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS Joint factor

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 4076. Source file NTSB_1977_3_4076.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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