NTSB CAROL · Event
Event ANC79IA069
Registry · N1047B
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
BEECH C18S
Engine
NONE NONE
Seats / Engines
10 seats · 2 engines
Last airworthiness date
19620529
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A016DF
Registrant of record
ALASKA AVIATION MUSEUM
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
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). Each row shows the raw triplet, modifier (Cause / Factor / etc.), category, and specific code.
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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