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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event ANC78DAG67

1978-06-08 DILLINGHAM, Alaska, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N2204C

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

CESSNA 180

Year of manufacture

1953 · 25 years old at event

Engine

CONT MOTOR O-470 SERIES (230 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19551001

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A1E3E8

Registrant of record

PAINTER CREEK LODGE INC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N2204C Cessna 180A 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 180A · N2204C

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Night

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

B1

Operator type

D

Airport

QUEENS CANNERY

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET

Wind

203° / 20 kt

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000030504

Total time

2,300 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

826

Age

48

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

AL DAMAGE.

Investigator remarks

RUT ON SANDY TAXIWAY.PARKED A/C N180MM-SUBSTANTI

Cause factors

64/C/79 C
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL Cause
80/L/BY L
AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES OTHER

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 1400. Source file NTSB_1978_3_1400.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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