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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event ANC71DAG30

1970-09-25 GULKANA, Alaska, United States None 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

TAYLORCRAFT L-2 · N57744

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Takeoff — initial climb (C1)

Operator type

D

Airport

MILE 126

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED

Temp

31° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

0000000L5949

Total time

1,800 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

199

Age

31

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

PARTIALLY. SETTLED INTO STUMPS AND LOGS.

Investigator remarks

RWY MUDDY WITH PATCHES OF SNOW. PLT CLEANED WGS

Cause factors

  • 64/A/29 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 64/A/16 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 88/J/74 J
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS AIRFRAME ICE Joint cause
  • 80/J/BL J
    AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES SOFT RUNWAY 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 3839. Source file NTSB_1970_3_3839.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.