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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event ANC75DAA07

1974-08-22 WAINWRIGHT, Alaska, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

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 206 · N1140V

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EE

Operator type

D

Airport

WAINWRIGHT

Kind of flying

B2

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

100° / 18 kt

Aircraft history

Serial number

000U20060481

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

155

Age

35

Investigator remarks

GUSTING TO 35K.

Cause factors

  • 64/C/02 C
    PILOT IN COMMAND ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL Cause
  • 64/C/79 C
    PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL Cause
  • 82/C/H C
    WEATHER UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS Cause
  • 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 3 2372. Source file NTSB_1974_3_2372.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.