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ANC66A0024

1965-12-20 · BETHEL, Alaska, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

N1208 has since been reassigned. It is now registered to a different aircraft (ZENITH CH 750 CRUZER), which was not involved in this event.

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
GRUMMAN G-73 · N1208
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Takeoff — initial climb (C1)
Airport
BETHEL

Weather at impact

Sky
CLEAR
Wind
270° / 6 kt
Temp
-19° F

Aircraft history

Total time
4,876 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
DA (DA)
Total hours
25,000
Age
60

Cause factors

  • 64/A/24 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND PREMATURE LIFT-OFF Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 64/A/29 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 88/J/74 J
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS AIRFRAME ICE Joint cause
  • 82/J/F J
    WEATHER ICING CONDITIONS-INCLUDES SLEET,FREEZING RAIN,ETC. Joint cause
  • 88/J/76 J
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS IMPROPERLY LOADED AIRCRAFT-WEIGHT-AND/OR C.G. Joint cause

Decoded against the NTSB Form 6120.4 cause-factor codebook (ct_Pre1982 table).

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 1 0081. Source file NTSB_1965_1_0081.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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