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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event ANC76DAH73

1976-09-16 KING SALMON, Alaska, United States Fatal 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

N9664B Cessna 180A Fatal

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 180A · N9664B

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

Z

Phase of flight

Takeoff — initial climb (C1)

Operator type

D

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

OVERCAST

Wind

090° / 15 kt

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000032961

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

800

Age

50

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

KOF. PLT DROWNED AFTER EVAC. GUSTS TO 20K.

Investigator remarks

PILOT ALLOWED ONE FLOAT TO CONTACT WATER AFTER T

Cause factors

64/C/23 C
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS Cause
64/L/29 L
PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING
82/L/H L
WEATHER UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS
88/K/88 K
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER 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 3657. Source file NTSB_1976_3_3657.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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