NTSB CAROL · Event
Event ANC70AA058
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
SHORT BROS SC7 · N4916
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
C0
Airport
CAPE NEWENHAM
Weather at impact
Sky
UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
Aircraft history
Serial number
00000SH-1846
Total time
1,964 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
ZA (ZA)
Total hours
7,153
Age
31
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
AFT TO SLIDE FORWARD. ENG PARTS DAMAGE WG,FUSELAGE
Investigator remarks
HI SPEED PINION RETAINING NUT FAILED ALLOW GR SH
Cause factors
- 74/C/PM C POWERPLANT BEARING,SHAFT Cause
- 88/C/BM C MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS DISCONNECTED Cause
- 88/C/95 C MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS MATERIAL FAILURE Cause
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
1 0003.
Source file
NTSB_1970_1_0003.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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