NTSB CAROL · Event
Event ANC73AA042
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
DEHAVILLAND DHC-2 · N616W
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
IMC
Phase of flight
EB
Operator type
E
Kind of flying
CI
Weather at impact
Sky
OVERCAST
Wind
210° / 10 kt
Temp
33° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000001637
Total time
3,725 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
2,000
Age
23
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
AND PLT LND NEAR BEACH. FLOATS HIT ROCKS AT SHORE
Investigator remarks
MANEUVERING BLO LOW CLGS,SET UP LDG.ENG LOST PWR
Cause factors
- 64/C/27 C PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING Cause
- 64/C/21 C PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS Cause
- 88/C/02 C MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS ANTI-ICING/DEICING EQUIPMENT-IMPROPER OPERATION OF/OR FAILED TO USE Cause
- 88/C/72 C MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS ICE-CARBURETOR Cause
- 83/B/Y B TERRAIN OTHER
- 82/L/A L WEATHER LOW CEILING
- 82/L/D L WEATHER SNOW
- 82/L/G L WEATHER CONDITIONS CONDUCIVE TO CARB./INDUCTION SYSTEM ICING
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 0687.
Source file
NTSB_1973_3_0687.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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