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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event ANC76FAA24

1974-12-02 DEADHORSE, Alaska, United States Minor 2 aircraft Status: Completed

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

MITSUBISHI MU-2J · N959L

Damage

Destroyed

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dusk

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

C0

Operator type

D

Airport

DEADHORSE

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

PARTIAL OBSCURATION

Wind

003° / 13 kt

Temp

16° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000755586

Total time

711 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

DA (DA)

Total hours

4,477

Age

31

Cause factors

74/C/KA C
POWERPLANT POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS Cause
64/B/16 B
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED
64/L/33 L
PILOT IN COMMAND EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT
80/K/A3 K
AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES RUNWAY LIGHTING Joint factor
82/K/C K
WEATHER FOG Joint factor
88/3/70 3
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS ICE-IN FUEL Subordinate · 3

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 4348. Source file NTSB_1974_3_4348.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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