NTSB CAROL · Event
Event ANC65A0039
Registry · N208M
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
RANS S-6ES
Year of manufacture
2002
Engine
ROTAX 912S (100 hp)
Seats / Engines
2 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
20070210
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A1B0CE
Registrant of record
BRAMLETT DAVID M
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
FAIRCHILD C82 · N208M
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
D1
Operator type
Public use
Kind of flying
DD
Weather at impact
Sky
OVERCAST
Wind
320° / 8 kt
Temp
-11° F
Aircraft history
Total time
3,232 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
DA (DA)
Total hours
16,687
Age
48
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
FROM AIRLINE PILOT BUT DID NOT RECVE A WX BRIEFING
Investigator remarks
PLT RECIEVED A REPORT OF ENROUTE SKY CONDITIONS
Cause factors
- 88/C/02 C MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS ANTI-ICING/DEICING EQUIPMENT-IMPROPER OPERATION OF/OR FAILED TO USE Cause
- 88/C/72 C MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS ICE-CARBURETOR Cause
- 88/L/48 L MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FAILURE OF TWO OR MORE ENGINES
- 82/L/G L WEATHER CONDITIONS CONDUCIVE TO CARB./INDUCTION SYSTEM ICING
- 64/3/33 3 PILOT IN COMMAND EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT Subordinate · 3
- 64/3/01 3 PILOT IN COMMAND ATTEMPTED OPERATION W/KNOWN DEFICIENCIES IN EQUIPMENT Subordinate · 3
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
2 0260.
Source file
NTSB_1965_2_0260.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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