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ANC80DA037

1980-03-26 · KARLUK, Alaska, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
GRUMMAN G-21 · N87U
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
IMC
Phase of flight
B1
Operator type
E
Airport
KARLUK SEAPLANE
Kind of flying
CI

Weather at impact

Sky
OVERCAST
Temp
40° F

Aircraft history

Serial number
0000000B-126
Total time
1,171 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
DA (DA)
Total hours
7,940
Age
41

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

UP ONTO BEACH.

Investigator remarks

WHILE STEP TAXING ON KARLUK LAGOON ACFT SWERUED

Cause factors

  • 64/C/21 C
    PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS Cause

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

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 3757. Source file NTSB_1980_3_3757.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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