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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event ANC70F0046

1969-08-25 BETTLES, Alaska, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N5653D

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

J J ULTRALIGHTS SEAWING

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A73C42

Registrant of record

EDDY JONATHAN A

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N5653D Beech E18S 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

BEECH E18S · N5653D

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EE

Operator type

E

Airport

TRAMWAY BAR

Kind of flying

A0

Weather at impact

Sky

OVERCAST

Temp

50° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000BA-385

Total time

4,018 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

1,927

Age

33

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

EVERSED PROPS PREMATURELY.RWY SHRT,SOFT.COPLT TRNG

Investigator remarks

DEMONSTRATING SHRT FLD LDG IN WESTWIND I CNVSN.R

Cause factors

64/C/21 C
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS Cause
64/C/44 C
PILOT IN COMMAND SPONTANEOUS-IMPROPER ACTION Cause
64/L/35 L
PILOT IN COMMAND SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN
80/L/BY L
AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES OTHER
88/K/94 K
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OVERLOAD FAILURE Joint factor

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 2528. Source file NTSB_1969_3_2528.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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