NTSB CAROL · Event
Event ANC75DAD01
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 ↗.
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