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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event ANC71DAG20

1970-09-05 WHITTIER, Alaska, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N1863G

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

CHAMPION 7GCBC

Engine

LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES (180 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19680509

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A159BE

Registrant of record

GRIFFIN ROBERT G

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N1863G Champion 7GCBC 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 7GCBC · N1863G

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — descent (EF)

Operator type

D

Kind of flying

B1

Weather at impact

Sky

SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET

Wind

225° / 10 kt

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000000108

Total time

214 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Airline transport

Total hours

85

Age

24

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

D WITH ROCK BERMS,BOTH SIDES.

Investigator remarks

GRAVEL STREET APRX 1000FT LONG,30FT WIDE,BORDERE

Cause factors

64/C/35 C
PILOT IN COMMAND SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN Cause
64/C/79 C
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL Cause
83/C/Y C
TERRAIN OTHER 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 3610. Source file NTSB_1970_3_3610.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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