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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event ANC68F0067

1967-11-06 PORT HEIDEN, Alaska, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N2945M

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

PIPER PA-12

Year of manufacture

1946 · 21 years old at event

Engine

LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES (180 hp)

Seats / Engines

3 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19751209

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A30769

Registrant of record

GILLILAND JOHN R

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N2945M Piper PA-12 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-12 · N2945M

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

UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED

Wind

230° / 15 kt

Aircraft history

Total time

1,531 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

700

Age

40

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

DE. LEFT CROSSWIND 90 DEGREES 15 KNOTS,GUSTING.

Investigator remarks

TAKE OFF ATTEMPTED ON STRIP 600 FT LONG,15 FT WI

Cause factors

64/C/35 C
PILOT IN COMMAND SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN Cause
64/C/79 C
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL Cause
82/L/H L
WEATHER UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS
83/L/K L
TERRAIN SANDY

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 3849. Source file NTSB_1967_3_3849.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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