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ANC67F0053

1966-08-01 · ANCHORAGE, Alaska, United States · Minor · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
GRUMMAN G44 · N133H
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dusk
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Takeoff — initial climb (C1)
Operator type
Personal/private
Airport
MERRILL FIELD
Kind of flying
B0

Weather at impact

Sky
CLEAR
Wind
180° / 14 kt

Aircraft history

Total time
2,386 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
DA (DA)
Total hours
14,000
Age
40

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

ENG FAILED AT LIFT OFF.PLT ABORTED TAKE OFF.

Investigator remarks

AMPHIBIOUS ACFT. 90-DEGREE RT CROSSWIND,14KTS.RT

Cause factors

  • 74/C/KA C
    POWERPLANT POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS Cause
  • 64/B/79 B
    PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL
  • 82/K/H K
    WEATHER UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS Joint factor

Decoded against the NTSB Form 6120.4 cause-factor codebook (ct_Pre1982 table).

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 4279. Source file NTSB_1966_3_4279.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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