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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event ANC75DAD01

1974-07-15 SITKA, Alaska, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N4794C

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

DEHAVILLAND BEAVER DHC-2 MK.1

Year of manufacture

1951 · 23 years old at event

Engine

P&W R-985 SERIES (450 hp)

Seats / Engines

8 seats · 1 engine

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A5E570

Registrant of record

KALININ PARTNERS LLC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

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

DEHAVILLAND DHC-2 · N4794C

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

C4

Operator type

E

Kind of flying

CI

Weather at impact

Sky

OVERCAST

Temp

55° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000000342

Total time

7,666 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Flight instructor (CFI)

Total hours

4,260

Age

34

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

GS. WIND CALM.

Investigator remarks

ABORTED DUE UN CLR TREES ON SHORE. FLOATS HIT LO

Cause factors

  • 64/A/29 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 64/A/06 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND DELAYED ACTION IN ABORTING TAKEOFF Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 83/J/H J
    TERRAIN GLASSY WATER Joint cause
  • 83/J/I J
    TERRAIN HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS 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 3 3342. Source file NTSB_1974_3_3342.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.