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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event ANC69D0124

1969-04-14 KOTZEBUE, Alaska, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N3995Z

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

PIPER PA-18-150

Year of manufacture

1963 · 6 years old at event

Engine

LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES (180 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19810806

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A4A757

Registrant of record

RAY RICHARD L

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N3995Z Piper PA-18 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-18 · N3995Z

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

IMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — descent (EF)

Operator type

D

Kind of flying

DK

Weather at impact

Sky

OBSCURATION

Temp

20° F

Aircraft history

Total time

2,475 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

7,000

Age

47

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

FCST AVBL. STRUCK ROCKS.

Investigator remarks

FLEW INTO DETERIORATING WEA. REMOTE AREA,NO WEA

Cause factors

64/C/04 C
PILOT IN COMMAND CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS Cause
83/C/F C
TERRAIN ROUGH/UNEVEN Cause
88/K/94 K
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OVERLOAD FAILURE Joint factor
88/L/78 L
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS WHITEOUT
82/L/A L
WEATHER LOW CEILING
82/L/C L
WEATHER FOG

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 1261. Source file NTSB_1969_3_1261.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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