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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event ANC67A0041

1966-10-28 KOTZEBUE, Alaska, United States None 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

PILATUS PC6BH2 · N2854T

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

B0

Airport

WIEN MEMORIAL

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Temp

-3° F

Aircraft history

Total time

1,865 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

6,827

Age

46

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

CLEAR OTHER ACFT.N54T MOVED FORWARD STRUCK N51T.

Investigator remarks

PARKED N2851T SUBS.DAMAGE.PLT USED PROP REV TAXI

Cause factors

  • 64/A/38 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND TAXIED/PARKED WITHOUT PROPER ASSISTANCE Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 88/A/43 A
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS THRUST REVERSAL-UNWANTED Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 64/J/20 J
    PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. Joint cause
  • 88/J/61 J
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS CONGESTED TRAFFIC-PATTERN Joint cause

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 1 0034. Source file NTSB_1966_1_0034.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.