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ANC73AA023

1972-09-26 · AMCHITKA IS, Alaska, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

N1968R has since been reassigned. It is now registered to a different aircraft (CESSNA T210N), which was not involved in this event.

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
LOCKHEED L188A · N1968R
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dusk
Weather
IMC
Phase of flight
EE
Airport
AMCHITKA

Weather at impact

Sky
OBSCURATION
Wind
050° / 20 kt
Temp
43° F

Aircraft history

Serial number
000000002007
Total time
22,121 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
DA (DA)
Total hours
14,362
Age
43

Cause factors

  • 64/A/26 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER IFR OPERATION Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 64/A/16 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 64/J/21 J
    PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS Joint cause
  • 64/J/50 J
    PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED SPEED Joint cause
  • 64/J/71 J
    PILOT IN COMMAND MISUSED OR FAILED TO USE FLAPS Joint cause
  • 88/J/05 J
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS CREW COORDINATION-POOR Joint cause
  • 88/J/11 J
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS INSTRUMENTS-MISREAD OR FAILED TO READ Joint cause

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

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 1 0043. Source file NTSB_1972_1_0043.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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