NTSB CAROL · Event
Event ANC78DAG22
Registry · N8301A
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
CESSNA 170B
Year of manufacture
1952 · 26 years old at event
Engine
CONT MOTOR C145 SERIES (145 hp)
Seats / Engines
4 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19560718
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S AB5AD6
Registrant of record
FRAZER WENDY J
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 · N8301A
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dusk
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Takeoff — initial climb (C1)
Operator type
D
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000025153
Total time
4,547 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
IA (IA)
Total hours
71
Age
50
Investigator remarks
PILOTS MEDICAL AND STUDENT CERTIFICATE EXPIRED.
Cause factors
- 64/A/29 A PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/35 A PILOT IN COMMAND SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 83/J/I J TERRAIN HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS 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 3762.
Source file
NTSB_1978_3_3762.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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