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ANC73FAG95

1973-05-20 · ANCHORAGE, Alaska, United States · Serious · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
PILATUS PC-6 · N348FH
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Takeoff — initial climb (C1)
Operator type
Personal/private
Airport
LAKE HOOD STRIP
Kind of flying
B2

Weather at impact

Sky
UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED

Aircraft history

Serial number
000000002006
Total time
2,541 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
10,500
Age
33

Cause factors

  • 64/A/29 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 75/A/CC A
    SYSTEMS ELEVATOR AND ELEVATOR TAB CONTROL SYSTEM Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 88/A/CB A
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS IMPROPERLY INSTALLED Cause — pilot/personnel action

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

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 2229. Source file NTSB_1973_3_2229.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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