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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event ANC79DAG80

1979-07-30 SEWARD, Alaska, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

N8745 Bellanca 7GCBC 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

BELLANCA 7GCBC · N8745

Damage

Destroyed

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

D1

Operator type

Business

Kind of flying

CH

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

225° / 15 kt

Temp

90° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000467-73

Total time

1,193 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

2,800

Age

42

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

HIT SUBMERGED ROCKS DRG LNDG.TIDE CVRD WRECKAGE.

Investigator remarks

ENG FAILED WHILE SPOTTING FISH.ENROUTE TO BEACH,

Cause factors

74/C/KA C
POWERPLANT POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS Cause
83/K/Y K
TERRAIN OTHER Joint factor
88/K/88 K
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER 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 2424. Source file NTSB_1979_3_2424.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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