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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event ANC73AA029

1972-10-20 NOME, Alaska, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N264CP

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

CIRRUS DESIGN SR22

Year of manufacture

2008

TCDS

A00009CH · CIRRUS DESIGN CORP

Engine

CONT MOTOR IO-550-N (310 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

20080807

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A28E19

Registrant of record

HILL DAVID K

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N264CP AERO COMDR 680FL None

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

AERO COMDR 680FL · N264CP

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Night

Weather

IMC

Phase of flight

EB

Operator type

E

Airport

NOME STATE

Kind of flying

CI

Weather at impact

Sky

OVERCAST

Wind

040° / 11 kt

Temp

34° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000001433-73

Total time

3,150 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

GA (GA)

Total hours

11,000

Age

38

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

T FEATH PROP,HAD FULL FLAPS.ACFT YAWED TO R.

Investigator remarks

R ENG LOST PWR ON FINAL TURN. PLT CONT APCH,DIDN

Cause factors

74/C/KA C
POWERPLANT POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS Cause
64/B/20 B
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC.
64/B/16 B
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED
88/L/07 L
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS IMPROPER EMERGENCY PROCEDURES
88/K/22 K
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS POORLY PLANNED APPROACH Joint factor
88/K/13 K
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS NOT ALIGNED WITH RUNWAY/INTENDED LANDING AREA Joint factor
82/K/A K
WEATHER LOW CEILING Joint factor
82/K/C K
WEATHER FOG Joint factor
82/K/D K
WEATHER SNOW Joint factor

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 4136. Source file NTSB_1972_3_4136.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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