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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event ANC69D0098

1968-12-22 NORTHWAY, Alaska, United States Minor 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 185 · N9914X

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EE

Operator type

Public use

Airport

NORTHWAY

Kind of flying

CG

Weather at impact

Sky

OVERCAST

Wind

250° / 3 kt

Aircraft history

Total time

1,442 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

5,173

Age

57

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

CAUGHT 12 IN SNOW BERM. CLEARED AREA NARROW.

Investigator remarks

PLT DID NOT LAND IN PLOWED AREA OF RNWY. LEFT GR

Cause factors

  • 64/C/35 C
    PILOT IN COMMAND SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN Cause
  • 80/L/BC L
    AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES SNOW ON RUNWAY
  • 88/L/13 L
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS NOT ALIGNED WITH RUNWAY/INTENDED LANDING AREA

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 4476. Source file NTSB_1968_3_4476.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.