NTSB CAROL · Event
Event ANC72FAG27
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
PIPER PA-28 · N1827J
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EB
Operator type
D
Airport
SOLDOTNA
Kind of flying
A1
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Aircraft history
Serial number
000028-24258
Total time
2,181 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Airline transport
Total hours
40
Age
33
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
ON FINAL,STALLED,ALT TOO LOW FOR FULL RCVRY.
Investigator remarks
PLT MADE STEEP CLBNG TURN TO AVOID HITTING ACFT
Cause factors
- 64/C/20 C PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. Cause
- 84/C/7 C MISCELLANEOUS EVASIVE MANEUVER TO AVOID COLLISION Cause
- 64/C/16 C PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED 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 3084.
Source file
NTSB_1971_3_3084.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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