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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event ANC75AA044

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

Registry · N400FA

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

CESSNA LC41-550FG

Year of manufacture

2008

Engine

CONT MOTOR TSIO-550-C (310 hp)

Seats / Engines

5 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

20081024

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A4AD1F

Registrant of record

LIFELINE LLC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N400FA Lockheed 188A None

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

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). Each row shows the raw triplet, modifier (Cause / Factor / etc.), category, and specific code.

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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