NTSB CAROL · Event
Event ANC62A0008
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
BEECH AT-11 · N41E
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EB
Airport
MOSES POINT
Weather at impact
Sky
OBSCURATION
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000004960
Total time
5,068 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Flight instructor (CFI)
Total hours
19,604
Age
52
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
MISC-ALT ERROR FOR UNDET REASON.DESC BLO OBST TERR
Investigator remarks
CONT VFR APCH IN BLO VFR WEA AND WHITEOUT COND.
Cause factors
- 76/A/AA A INSTRUMENTS/EQUIPMENT AND ACCESSORIES ALTIMETERS Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 84/A/J A MISCELLANEOUS WRITTEN CAUSE Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/20 A PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/33 A PILOT IN COMMAND EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/A/78 A MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS WHITEOUT Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 82/J/A J WEATHER LOW CEILING Joint cause
- 82/J/C J WEATHER FOG Joint cause
- 82/J/D J WEATHER SNOW 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
1 0013.
Source file
NTSB_1962_1_0013.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
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