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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event ANC72DAG86

1972-01-07 ANCHORAGE, Alaska, United States Minor 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N791J

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

SMITH MINIPLANE DSA-1

Engine

LYCOMING 0-235 SERIES (115 hp)

Seats / Engines

1 seats · 1 engine

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S AABC84

Registrant of record

WILSON CLIFF

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N791J SMITH MINI DSA-1 Minor

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

SMITH MINI DSA-1 · N791J

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EB

Operator type

D

Airport

MERRILL FIELD

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED

Wind

040° / 3 kt

Temp

18° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000633747

Total time

71 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

174

Age

43

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

MAL.PLT THOUGHT HE WAS ON RWY,LNDD SHORT.

Investigator remarks

OPEN COCKPIT ACFT,LOW OAT,SEAT PSND LWR THAN NOR

Cause factors

64/C/35 C
PILOT IN COMMAND SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN Cause
88/L/78 L
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS WHITEOUT
83/L/B L
TERRAIN SNOW-COVERED
82/L/D L
WEATHER SNOW
88/L/91 L
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS TOUCH AND GO LANDING

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 1277. Source file NTSB_1972_3_1277.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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