NTSB CAROL · Event
Event ANC75AA086
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
CURTIS-WRT C-46F · N800FA
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Cruise — descent (EF)
Airport
ICE LAKE STRIP
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Wind
130° / 10 kt
Temp
10° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000022595
Total time
27,736 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
DA (DA)
Total hours
10,000
Age
46
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
RM. GUSTING TO 15K.
Investigator remarks
FROZEN LAKE CLRD OF SNOW. DRIFTED L INTO SNOW BE
Cause factors
- 64/C/79 C PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL Cause
- 80/C/BB C AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES ICE/SLUSH ON RUNWAY Cause
- 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
1 0017.
Source file
NTSB_1975_1_0017.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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