NTSB CAROL · Event
Event ANC71DAG85
Registry · N4723T
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
CESSNA TR182
Year of manufacture
1981
Engine
LYCOMING 0-540 SERIES (250 hp)
Seats / Engines
4 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19970730
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A5CB5B
Registrant of record
PRS HOLDINGS INC
Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).
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
MAULE M-4 · N4723T
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Cruise — descent (EF)
Operator type
D
Airport
ALYESKA ARPT
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000000074
Total time
2,054 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
224
Age
28
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
BL THRU FSS.
Investigator remarks
APRX 10IN SOFT,WET SNOW ON RWY.ARPT CONDITION AV
Cause factors
- 64/A/29 A PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/35 A PILOT IN COMMAND SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 80/A/BC A AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES SNOW ON RUNWAY Cause — pilot/personnel action
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 1528.
Source file
NTSB_1971_3_1528.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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