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ANC76DAG32

1975-09-01 · GULKANA, Alaska, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
CESSNA 185B · N62532
Damage
Substantial
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
UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
Temp
55° F

Aircraft history

Serial number
000000000561
Total time
3,765 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
684
Age
31

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

TKOF. HIT TREES.

Investigator remarks

PLT STATED HE SHOULD HAVE ALLOWED MORE ROOM FOR

Cause factors

  • 64/A/16 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 64/J/29 J
    PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Joint cause
  • 83/J/I J
    TERRAIN HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS Joint cause

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

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 3831. Source file NTSB_1975_3_3831.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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