NTSB CAROL · Event
Event ANC77DA016
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 206 · N390G
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dusk
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
D0
Operator type
E
Airport
RALPH WIEN MEM.
Kind of flying
CI
Weather at impact
Sky
SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET
Temp
-21° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
000U206-0920
Total time
2,836 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Flight instructor (CFI)
Total hours
3,443
Age
36
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
T HEATER. OAT -21 DEGREES F.
Investigator remarks
ACFT REPORTEDLY ON RAMP 5HRS PRIOR TO FLT WITHOU
Cause factors
- 64/C/29 C PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Cause
- 74/C/DY C POWERPLANT OTHER Cause
- 88/C/CT C MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS EXCESSIVE TEMPERATURE Cause
- 64/B/25 B PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER LEVEL OFF
- 64/L/31 L PILOT IN COMMAND LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT
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 3915.
Source file
NTSB_1976_3_3915.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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- NASA NTRS 2019 · Preprint (Draft being sent to journal)
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