NTSB CAROL · Event
Event ANC79FA026
Registry · N777DT
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
VAN'S AIRCRAFT RV-6A
Engine
LYCOMING I0360 SER (180 hp)
Seats / Engines
2 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
20020423
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S AA8365
Registrant of record
MCCHRISTIAN JEROME M
Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).
Aircraft involved
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
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). Each row shows the raw triplet, modifier (Cause / Factor / etc.), category, and specific code.
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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