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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event ANC67A0015

1966-08-09 NORTHWAY, Alaska, United States Fatal 1 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

BEECH V35 · N9413S

Damage

Destroyed

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

D9

Operator type

D

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED

Wind

300° / 8 kt

Temp

50° F

Aircraft history

Total time

115 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

475

Age

40

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

.WING SEPARATED IN FLIGHT DUE TO OVERLOADS.

Investigator remarks

RECOVERY DATE 8/10/66.L.AND R.RUDDERVATORS AND L

Cause factors

  • 64/C/04 C
    PILOT IN COMMAND CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS Cause
  • 64/C/09 C
    PILOT IN COMMAND EXCEEDED DESIGNED STRESS LIMITS OF AIRCRAFT Cause
  • 70/C/AA C
    AIRFRAME SPARS Cause
  • 70/C/D9 C
    AIRFRAME OTHER Cause
  • 88/L/94 L
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OVERLOAD FAILURE
  • 88/L/49 L
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS SEPARATION IN FLIGHT
  • 82/K/A K
    WEATHER LOW CEILING Joint factor
  • 82/K/B K
    WEATHER RAIN Joint factor
  • 82/K/V K
    WEATHER OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION Joint factor

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 0872. Source file NTSB_1966_2_0872.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.