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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event ANC67A0064

1967-06-19 YAKUTAT, Alaska, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N7939V

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

CESSNA 180H

Year of manufacture

1967 · 0 years old at event

Engine

CONT MOTOR O-470 SERIES (230 hp)

Seats / Engines

6 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19670327

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S AAC6D1

Registrant of record

RUHL DANIEL J

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N7939V Cessna 180H 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 180H · N7939V

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EB

Operator type

E

Airport

BUREAU ROADS

Kind of flying

CI

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

270° / 5 kt

Temp

65° F

Aircraft history

Total time

118 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

5,050

Age

34

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

TION. LEFT LNDG GEAR FAILED.

Investigator remarks

ACFT STRUCK TREE STUMPS 4 FT. BELOW RUNWAY ELEVA

Cause factors

64/C/48 C
PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE Cause
88/K/94 K
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OVERLOAD FAILURE 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 3 0850. Source file NTSB_1967_3_0850.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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