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ANC77DA037

1977-04-04 · FLAT, Alaska, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Current FAA registration · N72106

Make / Model
CESSNA U206D
Year of manufacture
1969 · 8 years old at event
Engine
CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES (285 hp)
Seats / Engines
6 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19690218
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A9A9BA

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
CESSNA U206D · N72106
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Night
Weather
IMC
Phase of flight
Cruise — descent (EF)
Operator type
E
Kind of flying
CI

Weather at impact

Sky
OVERCAST

Aircraft history

Serial number
000U206-1282
Total time
2,063 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
637
Age
25

Cause factors

  • 64/A/04 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 64/J/29 J
    PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Joint cause
  • 64/J/03 J
    PILOT IN COMMAND BECAME LOST/DISORIENTED Joint cause
  • 82/J/A J
    WEATHER LOW CEILING Joint cause
  • 82/J/C J
    WEATHER FOG Joint cause
  • 82/J/D J
    WEATHER SNOW Joint cause
  • 83/J/B J
    TERRAIN SNOW-COVERED Joint cause

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

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 0544. Source file NTSB_1977_3_0544.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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