NTSB CAROL · Event
Event ANC75AA079
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
LOCKHEED 188A · N283F
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
IMC
Phase of flight
EE
Airport
DEADHORSE
Weather at impact
Sky
OBSCURATION
Wind
080° / 10 kt
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000001089
Total time
33,043 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
DA (DA)
Total hours
6,438
Age
34
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
T. RWY COVERED BY SNOW & ICE.
Investigator remarks
LND HARD 1000FT DWN RWY. L WG SEPARATED FROM ACF
Cause factors
- 65/A/25 A COPILOT Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/82 A PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO INITIATE GO-AROUND Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/30 A PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 82/J/A J WEATHER LOW CEILING Joint cause
- 82/J/C J WEATHER FOG Joint cause
- 82/J/D J WEATHER SNOW Joint cause
- 80/J/BB J AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES ICE/SLUSH ON RUNWAY Joint cause
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 0018.
Source file
NTSB_1975_1_0018.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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