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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event ANC79DA014

1978-11-03 DUTCH HARBOR, Alaska, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

N455JA LEAR JET 24D 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

LEAR JET 24D · N455JA

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EE

Operator type

E

Airport

DUTCH HARBOR

Kind of flying

CI

Weather at impact

Sky

OVERCAST

Wind

230° / 14 kt

Temp

42° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000000300

Total time

2,878 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

DA (DA)

Total hours

5,874

Age

28

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

S.

Investigator remarks

COLLIDED WITH RNWY BOUNDARY MARKER.GUSTS TO 36KT

Cause factors

64/C/46 C
PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED Cause
64/C/28 C
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS Cause
82/L/H L
WEATHER UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS
80/K/BK K
AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES POORLY MAINTAINED RUNWAY SURFACE 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 4410. Source file NTSB_1978_3_4410.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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