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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event ANC70FAG33

1970-06-30 SKWENTNA, Alaska, United States Minor 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

N7375V Bellanca 17-30 Minor

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

BELLANCA 17-30 · N7375V

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

D2

Operator type

D

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

OVERCAST

Wind

250° / 7 kt

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000030194

Total time

304 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

7,308

Age

49

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

D IN SHALLOW RIVER. GR AUTO EXTENDED.

Investigator remarks

R MAIN AND BOTH AUX TANKS EMPTY. L MAIN FULL. LN

Cause factors

64/C/32 C
PILOT IN COMMAND MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL Cause
88/C/96 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FUEL STARVATION Cause
88/K/94 K
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OVERLOAD FAILURE Joint factor
88/K/88 K
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER 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 1356. Source file NTSB_1970_3_1356.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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