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ANC79FA026

1978-12-19 · ANCHORAGE, Alaska, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

N777DT has since been reassigned. It is now registered to a different aircraft (VAN'S AIRCRAFT RV-6A), which was not involved in this event.

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
ROCKWELL 500S · N777DT
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
IMC
Phase of flight
D0
Operator type
E
Airport
ELMENDORF AFB
Kind of flying
CJ

Weather at impact

Sky
OVERCAST
Wind
320° / 10 kt
Temp
15° F

Aircraft history

Serial number
000000003128
Total time
2,500 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
GA (GA)
Total hours
5,100
Age
35

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

DITIONS-FREEZING RAIN REPORTED

Investigator remarks

ACFT NOT CERTIFICATED FOR OPERATION IN ICING CON

Cause factors

  • 64/C/01 C
    PILOT IN COMMAND ATTEMPTED OPERATION W/KNOWN DEFICIENCIES IN EQUIPMENT Cause
  • 64/C/40 C
    PILOT IN COMMAND INITIATED FLIGHT IN ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS Cause
  • 88/C/71 C
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS ICE-ENGINE Cause
  • 64/B/25 B
    PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER LEVEL OFF
  • 88/B/75 B
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS ICE-WINDSHIELD
  • 88/B/74 B
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS AIRFRAME ICE
  • 82/L/F L
    WEATHER ICING CONDITIONS-INCLUDES SLEET,FREEZING RAIN,ETC.
  • 82/L/G L
    WEATHER CONDITIONS CONDUCIVE TO CARB./INDUCTION SYSTEM ICING
  • 82/L/A L
    WEATHER LOW CEILING
  • 82/L/D L
    WEATHER SNOW

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

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 4306. Source file NTSB_1978_3_4306.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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