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ANC72AA037

1972-03-11 · SKWENTNA, Alaska, United States · Fatal · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Current FAA registration · N46962

Make / Model
INTERSTATE S-1B1
Year of manufacture
1943 · 29 years old at event
Engine
LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES (180 hp)
Seats / Engines
2 seats · 1 engine
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A5BE4F

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
INTERSTATE S-1B1 · N46962
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
DC
Operator type
D
Kind of flying
B0

Weather at impact

Sky
CLEAR

Aircraft history

Serial number
000000000195

Pilot

Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
420
Age
38

Investigator remarks

SPOTTING WOLVES. RECOVERED 3/12/72.

Cause factors

  • 64/A/53 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED ALTITUDE Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 64/J/08 J
    PILOT IN COMMAND DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT Joint cause
  • 83/J/I J
    TERRAIN HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS Joint cause

Decoded against the NTSB Form 6120.4 cause-factor codebook (ct_Pre1982 table).

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 0108. Source file NTSB_1972_3_0108.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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