NTSB CAROL · Event
Event ANC75AA061
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 207 · N1573U
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Cruise — level (EA)
Airport
EGEGIK
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Aircraft history
Serial number
000020700173
Total time
3,148 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
14,815
Age
52
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
INCREASE PWR.HIT HOLE IN SNOW.
Investigator remarks
THROTTLE CABLE HOUSING FAILED AT FIREWALL.PLT UN
Cause factors
- 74/C/I0 C POWERPLANT THROTTLE-POWER LEVER ASSEMBLIES Cause
- 88/C/BA C MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS BINDING Cause
- 88/C/BG C MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS CHAFED Cause
- 88/C/95 C MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS MATERIAL FAILURE Cause
- 68/L/J6 L PERSONNEL OTHER
- 83/K/B K TERRAIN SNOW-COVERED Joint factor
- 88/K/94 K MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OVERLOAD FAILURE 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
1 0035.
Source file
NTSB_1975_1_0035.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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