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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event ANC67A0022

1966-08-20 SITKA, Alaska, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

N4667U Cessna 180G None

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 180G · N4667U

Damage

Destroyed

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

IMC

Phase of flight

C0

Operator type

E

Kind of flying

CI

Weather at impact

Sky

UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED

Temp

55° F

Aircraft history

Total time

2,526 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Flight instructor (CFI)

Total hours

5,140

Age

26

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

TED T/O TO AVOID ROCKS.FLOAT STRUCK SUBMERGED ROCK

Investigator remarks

PLT LANDED DUE WX. DURING ON-STEP TAXI HE INITIA

Cause factors

64/C/04 C
PILOT IN COMMAND CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS Cause
88/K/88 K
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER Joint factor
83/L/E L
TERRAIN HIDDEN OBSTRUCTIONS
82/L/A L
WEATHER LOW CEILING
82/L/C L
WEATHER FOG

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 4274. Source file NTSB_1966_3_4274.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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