NTSB CAROL · Event
Event ANC68A0038
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
N.AMERICAN B-25 · N7707C
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dusk
Weather
IMC
Phase of flight
Cruise — descent (EF)
Operator type
Business
Airport
SITKA
Kind of flying
B3
Weather at impact
Sky
OVERCAST
Wind
340° / 13 kt
Temp
34° F
Aircraft history
Total time
5,620 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
3,734
Age
33
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
PED,UNRELIABLE RADIOS,COCKPIT LTG FAILED.HIT ROCKS
Investigator remarks
RNWY COVERED WITH 1 INCH SNOW. ACFT POORLY EQUIP
Cause factors
- 64/C/79 C PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL Cause
- 80/L/BC L AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES SNOW ON RUNWAY
- 64/L/01 L PILOT IN COMMAND ATTEMPTED OPERATION W/KNOWN DEFICIENCIES IN EQUIPMENT
- 82/L/A L WEATHER LOW CEILING
- 82/L/D L WEATHER SNOW
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 0808.
Source file
NTSB_1968_3_0808.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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