NTSB CAROL · Event
Event ANC76AA076
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
LEAR JET 24 · N651LJ
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dusk
Weather
Marginal VMC
Phase of flight
ED
Operator type
E
Airport
ANCHORAGE INTL
Kind of flying
CI
Weather at impact
Sky
PARTIAL OBSCURATION
Temp
8° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000000125
Total time
4,939 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
GA (GA)
Total hours
9,832
Age
38
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
REFUEL BFOR TKOF.OVERFLEW SUITABLE ARPTS.
Investigator remarks
PLT DSCND BLO PUBLISHED MIN.LOW FUEL STATE.DIDNT
Cause factors
- 64/A/26 A PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER IFR OPERATION Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/J/27 J PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING Joint cause
- 64/J/29 J PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Joint cause
- 82/J/A J WEATHER LOW CEILING Joint cause
- 82/J/C J WEATHER FOG 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 0822.
Source file
NTSB_1976_3_0822.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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