Atlas / NTSB / ANC74DAG51

NTSB CAROL · Event

Event ANC74DAG51

1973-09-13 KING SALMON, Alaska, United States Minor 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N9788G

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

CESSNA 180J

Year of manufacture

1973 · 0 years old at event

Engine

CONT MOTOR O-470 SERIES (230 hp)

Seats / Engines

6 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19840809

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S ADA4D4

Registrant of record

SNOWDEN ROBERT W

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N9788G Cessna 180H 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 180H · N9788G

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

IMC

Phase of flight

EE

Operator type

D

Airport

NAKNEK RIVER

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

OVERCAST

Wind

180° / 12 kt

Aircraft history

Serial number

000018052288

Total time

148 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

169

Investigator remarks

FLOATS.WATER LDNG.

Cause factors

64/C/29 C
PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Cause
64/C/40 C
PILOT IN COMMAND INITIATED FLIGHT IN ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS Cause
64/C/79 C
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL Cause
82/L/A L
WEATHER LOW CEILING
82/L/B L
WEATHER RAIN
82/L/H L
WEATHER UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS
88/K/88 K
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER 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 3206. Source file NTSB_1973_3_3206.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

Beyond the agency record

Search this event elsewhere.

Pre-filled searches into the sources where news + community discussion of aviation events lives. External sources are reported, not agency. Treat them as signal that something happened, not as fact about what happened.

TallyAero Live Wire Aviation press

Entity-clustered aviation events in the press — last 24 hr + 30-day archive.

NTSB CAROL Agency ↗

Official agency record + docket.

NTSB Docket Agency ↗

Investigative docket: factual reports, photos, transcripts.

Aviation Safety Network Aviation press ↗

Long-running aviation incident database (Flight Safety Foundation).

Kathryn's Report Aviation press ↗

Community NTSB synthesis blog — often has photos and witness reports.

Aviation Herald Aviation press ↗

Gold-standard aviation incident blog.