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ANC75DAG11

1974-07-29 · KODIAK, Alaska, United States · Serious · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
BELLANCA 7GCB · N8987R
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Takeoff — initial climb (C1)
Operator type
D
Kind of flying
B0

Weather at impact

Sky
CLEAR

Aircraft history

Serial number
000007GCB-24
Total time
935 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
875
Age
56

Investigator remarks

TAKE OFF WAS FROM LAKE ON FLOATS.

Cause factors

  • 64/A/23 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 64/A/16 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED Cause — pilot/personnel action

Decoded against the NTSB Form 6120.4 cause-factor codebook (ct_Pre1982 table).

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 2378. Source file NTSB_1974_3_2378.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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