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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event ANC79FA074

1979-06-27 BETTLES, Alaska, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N59314

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

DOUGLAS DC3C

Engine

P & W R-1830-90D (1200 hp)

Seats / Engines

32 seats · 2 engines

Last airworthiness date

19780726

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A7AB24

Registrant of record

REGISTRATION PENDING

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N59314 Douglas DC3C 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

DOUGLAS DC3C · N59314

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EE

Operator type

E

Airport

BETTLES

Kind of flying

CJ

Weather at impact

Sky

OVERCAST/LOWER SCATTERED

Wind

180° / 7 kt

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000012363

Total time

18,188 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

DA (DA)

Total hours

12,408

Age

49

Cause factors

64/C/46 C
PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED Cause
64/B/82 B
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO INITIATE GO-AROUND
64/L/80 L
PILOT IN COMMAND SELECTED WRONG RUNWAY RELATIVE TO EXISTING WIND
88/L/AQ L
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS DOWNWIND
88/K/DF K
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS INTENTIONAL GROUND-WATER-LOOP-SWERVE 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 3189. Source file NTSB_1979_3_3189.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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