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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event ANC71DAD02

1970-08-21 YAKUTAT, Alaska, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

N8529E Champion 7GC 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

CHAMPION 7GC · N8529E

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — descent (EF)

Operator type

D

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED

Temp

55° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000000088

Total time

846 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Flight instructor (CFI)

Total hours

2,425

Age

32

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

D OF RWY.RAIN ON WINDSHIELD

Investigator remarks

LNDD LONG ON A BUSH STRIP,HIT TREE STUMP NEAR EN

Cause factors

64/A/35 A
PILOT IN COMMAND SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN Cause — pilot/personnel action
83/J/Y J
TERRAIN OTHER Joint cause
88/J/45 J
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS WINDSHIELD,DIRTY,FOGGY,ETC.-RESTRICTED VISION 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 3262. Source file NTSB_1970_3_3262.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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