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ANC75AA044

1974-12-10 · DEADHORSE, Alaska, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

N400FA has since been reassigned. It is now registered to a different aircraft (CESSNA LC41-550FG, built 2008), which was not involved in this event.

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
LOCKHEED 188A · N400FA
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dusk
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Cruise — descent (EF)
Operator type
E
Airport
IVISHAK
Kind of flying
CJ

Weather at impact

Sky
CLEAR

Aircraft history

Serial number
000000001064
Total time
22,947 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
DA (DA)
Total hours
7,400
Age
30

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

ANK.

Investigator remarks

RWY COMPACTED SNOW & ICE OVR GRAVEL.HIT 5FT RD B

Cause factors

  • 64/C/79 C
    PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL Cause
  • 64/C/21 C
    PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS Cause
  • 64/L/31 L
    PILOT IN COMMAND LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT
  • 88/L/42 L
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS THRUST REVERSAL-ASYMETRICAL
  • 88/K/94 K
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OVERLOAD FAILURE Joint factor
  • 80/L/BB L
    AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES ICE/SLUSH ON RUNWAY

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

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 4203. Source file NTSB_1974_3_4203.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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