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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event ANC67D0074

1966-11-27 ANIAK, Alaska, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N9918D

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

PIPER PA-18-150

Year of manufacture

1959 · 7 years old at event

Engine

LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES (180 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19590424

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S ADD9CE

Registrant of record

SNOW PETER T JR

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N9918D Piper PA-18A 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

PIPER PA-18A · N9918D

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

C0

Operator type

D

Airport

ANIAK

Kind of flying

B2

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Temp

-10° F

Aircraft history

Total time

1,031 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

3,800

Age

57

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

DID NOT CHECK TAXIWAY SURFACE.SKI STRUCK ICE BREAM

Investigator remarks

TAXIWAY DESIGNATED AS SKI ACFT TAKEOFF AREA.PLT

Cause factors

64/C/29 C
PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Cause
80/C/BP C
AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES ICE/SLUSH ON RAMP/TAXIWAY 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 4196. Source file NTSB_1966_3_4196.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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