NTSB CAROL · Event
Event ANC73AA012
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
CESSNA U206 · N9101M
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
IMC
Phase of flight
D1
Operator type
E
Airport
JUNEAU
Kind of flying
CI
Weather at impact
Sky
BROKEN/LOWER SCATTERED
Wind
090° / 6 kt
Temp
56° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000001501
Total time
1,757 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Flight instructor (CFI)
Total hours
11,688
Age
37
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
LT TURN ON SPCL VFR CLNC.
Investigator remarks
FLOAT EQUIPPED ACFT FLEW INTO WATER DURING LOW A
Cause factors
- 64/A/04 A PILOT IN COMMAND CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/J/29 J PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Joint cause
- 82/J/A J WEATHER LOW CEILING Joint cause
- 82/J/B J WEATHER RAIN Joint cause
- 88/J/88 J MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER 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 1248.
Source file
NTSB_1972_3_1248.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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