NTSB CAROL · Event
Event ANC70AA078
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
LOCKHEED 1049H · N174W
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
IMC
Phase of flight
EB
Operator type
E
Airport
MILNE PT
Kind of flying
CJ
Weather at impact
Sky
UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
Wind
060° / 20 kt
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000004636
Total time
20,357 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
DA (DA)
Total hours
23,379
Age
48
Investigator remarks
L LDG GR,L WING,TAIL FAILED PRIOR TO FIRE.
Cause factors
- 64/C/45 C PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED DISTANCE,SPEED,AND ALTITUDE Cause
- 83/C/B C TERRAIN SNOW-COVERED Cause
- 82/L/D L WEATHER SNOW
- 80/L/BC L AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES SNOW ON RUNWAY
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 1076.
Source file
NTSB_1970_3_1076.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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