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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event ANC71AA030

1970-11-23 NORTHWAY, Alaska, United States Fatal 1 aircraft Status: Completed

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

AERONCA 11AC · N9192E

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

DC

Operator type

D

Kind of flying

A0

Weather at impact

Sky

SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET

Aircraft history

Serial number

000011AC-826

Total time

1,950 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Flight instructor (CFI)

Total hours

200

Age

23

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

LL UP POSITION.FLT PHASE UNKN.

Investigator remarks

RECOVERY DATE 11/24/70.ELEVATOR TRIM FOUND IN FU

Cause factors

  • 66/A/16 A
    DUAL STUDENT Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 64/A/30 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 88/J/56 J
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS INCORRECT TRIM SETTING Joint 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 3 3486. Source file NTSB_1970_3_3486.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.