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ANC74DAG65

1973-10-13 · WILLOW, Alaska, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
CESSNA 305B · N9850
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Cruise — descent (EF)
Operator type
L
Airport
WILLOW
Kind of flying
B0

Weather at impact

Sky
CLEAR
Temp
35° F

Aircraft history

Serial number
000000024024
Total time
4,428 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
Flight instructor (CFI)
Total hours
416
Age
35

Investigator remarks

SNOW 7-8 IN DEEP.

Cause factors

  • 64/A/29 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 64/A/35 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 80/J/BC J
    AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES SNOW ON RUNWAY Joint cause

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

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 3743. Source file NTSB_1973_3_3743.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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