Sql*loader and nested tables

I'm having trouble loading a nested table via sqlldr in Oracle 10g and was hoping someone could point me in the right direction. I keep getting the following error:
SQL*Loader-403: Referenced column not present in table mynamespace.mytable
Here's an overview of my type and table definitions:
create type mynamespace.myinfo as object
i_name varchar2(64),
i_desc varchar2(255)
create TYPE mynamespace.myinfotbl as TABLE of mynamespace.myinfo;
create table mynamespace.mytable
Info mynamespace.myinfotbl,
note varchar2(255)
NESTED TABLE Info STORE AS mytable_nested_tab;
My control file looks like this:
load data
infile 'mydatafile.csv'
insert into table mynamespace.mytable
fields terminated by ',' optionally enclosed by '"'
TRAILING NULLCOLS
Info nested table count(6)
Info column object
i_name char(64),
i_desc char(255)
note
Example mydatafile.csv would be something like:
lvl1,des1,lvl2,des2,lvl3,des3,lvl4,des4,lvl5,des5,lvl6,des6,a test data set
I can't figure out why sqlldr keeps rejecting this control file. I'm using 'direct=false' in my .par file.
Any hints?

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