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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event ANC77FA061

1977-07-20 GALENA, Alaska, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N800WA

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

BRITISH AEROSPACE BAE 125 SERIES 800A

Year of manufacture

1988

Engine

GARRETT TFE731 SERIES

Seats / Engines

14 seats · 2 engines

Last airworthiness date

19990216

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S AAE3D2

Registrant of record

KMWFLIGHT 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

VOLPAR H18 · N800WA

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EE

Operator type

E

Airport

GALENA

Kind of flying

CI

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Aircraft history

Serial number

0000000BA688

Total time

2,366 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

DA (DA)

Total hours

4,785

Age

28

Cause factors

  • 74/C/ZC C
    POWERPLANT PITCH CHANGING MECHANISM Cause
  • 88/C/36 C
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FATIGUE FRACTURE Cause
  • 64/B/22 B
    PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS
  • 88/K/42 K
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS THRUST REVERSAL-ASYMETRICAL Joint factor
  • 88/K/94 K
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OVERLOAD FAILURE 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 3400. Source file NTSB_1977_3_3400.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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