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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event ANC73FAG73

1973-01-10 SOLDOTNA, Alaska, United States Minor 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

N4205C Stinson 108-3 Minor

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

STINSON 108-3 · N4205C

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

IMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — level (EA)

Operator type

D

Airport

SOLDOTNA

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

OBSCURATION

Aircraft history

Serial number

0000108-5205

Total time

1,638 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

1,500

Age

43

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

FLEW PATTERN VERY LOW ALT,WATCHING OTHER ACFT.

Investigator remarks

MIXT CTL CAME LOOSE AT CARB,WENT TO IDLE CUTOFF.

Cause factors

74/C/I1 C
POWERPLANT MIXTURE CONTROL ASSEMBLIES Cause
88/C/BM C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS DISCONNECTED Cause
88/C/96 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FUEL STARVATION Cause
64/B/25 B
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER LEVEL OFF
64/K/08 K
PILOT IN COMMAND DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT 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 0161. Source file NTSB_1973_3_0161.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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