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ANC79DA024

1978-12-08 · SHELDONS POINT, Alaska, United States · Minor · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
CESSNA U-206 · N5187U
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
C0
Operator type
E
Kind of flying
CI

Weather at impact

Sky
UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
Wind
090° / 15 kt
Temp
25° F

Aircraft history

Serial number
0000206-0187
Total time
2,925 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
960
Age
26

Investigator remarks

SIX INCH SNOW DEPTH ON ICE COVERED LAKE.

Cause factors

  • 64/A/35 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 64/A/81 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO ABORT TAKEOFF Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 88/J/DH J
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS RAN OFF END OF RUNWAY Joint cause
  • 82/J/B J
    WEATHER RAIN Joint cause

Decoded against the NTSB Form 6120.4 cause-factor codebook (ct_Pre1982 table).

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 4360. Source file NTSB_1978_3_4360.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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