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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event ANC78DAG57

1978-05-10 NEW STUYAHOK, Alaska, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

N7621K Cessna 180J None

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 180J · N7621K

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — descent (EF)

Operator type

E

Airport

NEW STUYAHOK

Kind of flying

CI

Weather at impact

Sky

SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET

Wind

060° / 15 kt

Temp

45° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000018052692

Total time

1,484 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

1,023

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

QUE PLATE FAILED.

Investigator remarks

CROSS WIND FROM RIGHT AT 15 KNOTS.LEFT BRAKE TOR

Cause factors

70/C/CJ C
AIRFRAME BRAKING SYSTEM (NORMAL SYSTEM) Cause
88/C/95 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS MATERIAL FAILURE Cause
82/L/H L
WEATHER UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS

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 2284. Source file NTSB_1978_3_2284.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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