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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event ANC74DAG06

1973-07-01 SKWENTNA, Alaska, United States Minor 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N9779A

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

DJI AGRAS T40

0

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S ADA13A

Registrant of record

FJELDAHL TYLER A

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N9779A Cessna 170A 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

CESSNA 170A · N9779A

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — descent (EF)

Operator type

D

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET

Temp

70° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000019240

Total time

2,688 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

489

Age

50

Investigator remarks

ACFT R WG HIT BRUSH.

Cause factors

64/C/22 C
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS Cause
83/K/Y K
TERRAIN OTHER 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 2387. Source file NTSB_1973_3_2387.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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