NTSB CAROL · Event
Event ANC75AA038
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
CESSNA 206 · N2183F
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Cruise — descent (EF)
Operator type
E
Airport
TUNTUTULIAK
Kind of flying
CI
Weather at impact
Sky
UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
Wind
045° / 15 kt
Temp
27° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
00000002183F
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
2,862
Age
38
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
.GR HIT HOLE OFF RWY.
Investigator remarks
SHORT CURVING STRIP NEXT TO RIVER.GUSTING TO 30K
Cause factors
- 64/C/79 C PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL Cause
- 64/C/46 C PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED Cause
- 64/C/33 C PILOT IN COMMAND EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT Cause
- 80/K/BY K AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES OTHER Joint factor
- 88/K/94 K MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OVERLOAD FAILURE Joint factor
- 82/L/H L WEATHER UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS
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 3293.
Source file
NTSB_1974_3_3293.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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- NASA NTRS 2019 · Preprint (Draft being sent to journal)
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- NASA NTRS 2010 · Abstract
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