NTSB CAROL · Event
Event ANC77DA013
Registry · N2231D
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
CESSNA 170B
Year of manufacture
1952 · 24 years old at event
Engine
CONT MOTOR C145 SERIES (145 hp)
Seats / Engines
4 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19560710
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A1EEA5
Registrant of record
FISHER AIR LLC
Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).
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
CESSNA 170B · N2231D
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
B0
Operator type
E
Airport
BEAVER
Kind of flying
CI
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000020383
Total time
2,864 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
2,082
Age
26
Investigator remarks
COLLIDED WITH TRACTOR ON RUNWAY
Cause factors
- 64/A/54 A PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED CLEARANCE Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/J/08 J PILOT IN COMMAND DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT Joint cause
- 80/J/BC J AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES SNOW ON RUNWAY 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 3455.
Source file
NTSB_1976_3_3455.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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