NTSB CAROL · Event
Event ANC74AA046
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
AERO COMDR 560A · N12317
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
IMC
Phase of flight
EB
Operator type
L
Airport
GALENA
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
OBSCURATION
Wind
110° / 3 kt
Temp
11° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000000243
Total time
5,422 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
2,600
Age
28
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
STALLED.PAX OBTAINED PARTIAL WX BRIEF.OVER MAX GWT
Investigator remarks
LO LVL VFR APCH TO IFR ARPT.TURNED TO AVOID TWR,
Cause factors
- 64/A/27 A PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/04 A PILOT IN COMMAND CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 84/A/7 A MISCELLANEOUS EVASIVE MANEUVER TO AVOID COLLISION Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/16 A PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 82/J/A J WEATHER LOW CEILING Joint cause
- 82/J/C J WEATHER FOG Joint cause
- 82/J/D J WEATHER SNOW Joint cause
- 64/J/29 J PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Joint cause
- 88/J/76 J MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS IMPROPERLY LOADED AIRCRAFT-WEIGHT-AND/OR C.G. Joint cause
- 83/J/I J TERRAIN HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS Joint cause
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 3938.
Source file
NTSB_1973_3_3938.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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