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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event ANC68F0043

1967-06-07 PORT HEIDEN, 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

CESSNA 180C · N9199T

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

C0

Operator type

D

Kind of flying

B2

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

135° / 15 kt

Aircraft history

Total time

1,006 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

7,000

Age

49

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

RING HEAD WIND 15 KTS.

Investigator remarks

PLT TOOK OFF FROM HARD PACKED BEACH. LEFT QUARTE

Cause factors

  • 64/C/79 C
    PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL Cause
  • 88/K/94 K
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OVERLOAD FAILURE Joint factor
  • 83/L/K L
    TERRAIN SANDY
  • 82/L/H L
    WEATHER UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS

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 2370. Source file NTSB_1967_3_2370.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.