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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event ANC66D0006

1965-07-13 BIG DELTA, Alaska, United States None 2 aircraft Status: Completed

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

CESSNA 180F · N2684Y

Damage

Destroyed

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Takeoff — initial climb (C1)

Operator type

D

Kind of flying

B2

Weather at impact

Sky

UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED

Wind

180° / 15 kt

Temp

45° F

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

4,000

Age

43

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

R TAKE-OFF FROM LAKE.CRASH SITE 20 FEET ABOVE LAKE

Investigator remarks

AIRCRAFT ENCOUNTERED DOWNDRAFT OFF MOUNTAIN AFTE

Cause factors

64/A/16 A
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED Cause — pilot/personnel action
82/A/M A
WEATHER DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS Cause — pilot/personnel action

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 4018. Source file NTSB_1965_3_4018.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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