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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event ANC76DAA16

1975-08-30 CLEAR, Alaska, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N9056A

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

CESSNA 170A

Engine

CONT MOTOR C145 SERIES (145 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19551117

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S AC84EA

Registrant of record

GREENOUGH WADE E

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N9056A Cessna 170A None

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 170A · N9056A

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EE

Operator type

D

Airport

TOTALANIKA RIVER

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

SCATTERED-BELOW 1000 FEET

Wind

160° / 10 kt

Temp

55° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000018815

Total time

3,354 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

247

Age

38

Investigator remarks

DRIFTED TO L INTO ROUGH AREA. GUSTING TO 15K.

Cause factors

64/C/28 C
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS Cause
64/C/23 C
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS Cause
64/B/35 B
PILOT IN COMMAND SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN
82/L/H L
WEATHER UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS
80/K/BY K
AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES OTHER Joint factor
88/K/13 K
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS NOT ALIGNED WITH RUNWAY/INTENDED LANDING AREA Joint factor
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 3520. Source file NTSB_1975_3_3520.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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