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ANC79IA069

1979-07-13 · DRAKE ISLAND, Alaska, United States · Minor · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Current FAA registration · N1047B

Make / Model
BEECH C18S
Engine
NONE NONE
Seats / Engines
10 seats · 2 engines
Last airworthiness date
19620529
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A016DF

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
BEECH C-18S · N1047B
Damage
Minor
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
C
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
D0
Operator type
E
Kind of flying
CI

Weather at impact

Sky
SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET

Aircraft history

Serial number
000044-47342
Total time
7,300 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
DA (DA)
Total hours
21,070
Age
33

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

ECTED ELEC TERM STUDS.

Investigator remarks

FLOAT EQUIPPED.AEROSOL CAN MADE CONTACT W UNPROT

Cause factors

  • 64/A/29 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 84/A/G A
    MISCELLANEOUS FOREIGN MATERIAL AFFECTING NORMAL OPERATIONS Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 88/A/29 A
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS IMPROPERLY SECURED Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 88/A/AM A
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS ARCING Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 88/A/50 A
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FIRE IN CABIN,COCKPIT,BAGGAGE COMPARTMENT Cause — pilot/personnel action

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

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 5 0048. Source file NTSB_1979_5_0048.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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