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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event ANC78DAA24

1978-06-30 NOME, Alaska, United States Minor 1 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

CESSNA 182M · N71489

Damage

Destroyed

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EE

Operator type

D

Airport

BUSH

Kind of flying

B2

Weather at impact

Sky

UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED

Wind

110° / 10 kt

Aircraft history

Serial number

000182-59639

Total time

2,500 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

667

Age

24

Investigator remarks

GUSTS TO 15 KTS.

Cause factors

  • 64/C/46 C
    PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED Cause
  • 64/C/07 C
    PILOT IN COMMAND DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND Cause
  • 82/L/J L
    WEATHER SUDDEN WINDSHIFT
  • 88/K/DH K
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS RAN OFF END OF RUNWAY 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 3594. Source file NTSB_1978_3_3594.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.