NTSB CAROL · Event
Event ANC79FA043
Registry · N580PA
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
AMAZON.COM SERVICES LLC MK30
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A7772E
Registrant of record
AMAZON.COM SERVICES LLC
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
DEHAVND CAN DHC-4A · N580PA
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
C0
Operator type
E
Airport
WHITE BEAR
Kind of flying
CJ
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Wind
060° / 20 kt
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000000252
Total time
10,103 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
DA (DA)
Total hours
15,638
Age
54
Investigator remarks
COLL W 55GAL DRUMS. WIND GUSTING TO 25KTS.
Cause factors
- 64/C/79 C PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL Cause
- 64/C/81 C PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO ABORT TAKEOFF Cause
- 68/C/E5 C PERSONNEL DEFICIENCY,COMPANY MAINTAINED EQPMT,SERVICES,REGULATION Cause
- 64/B/15 B PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS
- 65/L/31 L COPILOT
- 68/L/E0 L PERSONNEL INADEQUATE FLIGHT TRAINING-PROCEDURES
- 82/L/H L WEATHER UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS
- 88/L/05 L MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS CREW COORDINATION-POOR
- 80/K/BF K AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES SOFT SHOULDERS 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 1741.
Source file
NTSB_1979_3_1741.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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