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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event ANC74AA061

1974-03-27 KING SALMON, Alaska, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N2622Y

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

CESSNA 180E

Year of manufacture

1962 · 12 years old at event

Engine

CONT MOTOR O-470 SERIES (230 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19620521

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A28920

Registrant of record

SCHNELL KEVIN E

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N2622Y Cessna 180E 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

CESSNA 180E · N2622Y

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — descent (EF)

Operator type

E

Kind of flying

CI

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Aircraft history

Serial number

000018051122

Total time

5,900 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Flight instructor (CFI)

Total hours

3,183

Age

24

Investigator remarks

LNDD ON LAKE ILIAMNA.SWERVED,SKI DUG INTO ICE.

Cause factors

64/C/35 C
PILOT IN COMMAND SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN Cause
64/C/79 C
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL Cause
88/K/94 K
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OVERLOAD FAILURE Joint factor
83/K/E K
TERRAIN HIDDEN OBSTRUCTIONS 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 0663. Source file NTSB_1974_3_0663.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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