NTSB CAROL · Event
Event ANC80DA069
Registry · N9750Z
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
GRUMMAN G-21A
Engine
P&W R-985 SERIES (450 hp)
Seats / Engines
8 seats · 2 engines
Last airworthiness date
19610323
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S AD98A8
Registrant of record
AUKES BRIAN E
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
GRUMMAN G-21A · N9750Z
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
IMC
Phase of flight
EE
Operator type
E
Airport
JUNEAU INTL
Kind of flying
CI
Weather at impact
Sky
OVERCAST
Wind
080° / 7 kt
Temp
55° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000000B32
Total time
7,621 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Flight instructor (CFI)
Total hours
1,495
Age
31
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
AYER OF SURFACE FOG.
Investigator remarks
ATMTD PRECAUTIONARY LNDG ON WTR COVERED W THIN L
Cause factors
- 64/A/04 A PILOT IN COMMAND CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/53 A PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED ALTITUDE Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 82/J/A J WEATHER LOW CEILING Joint cause
- 82/J/B J WEATHER RAIN Joint cause
- 82/J/C J WEATHER FOG Joint cause
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 2175.
Source file
NTSB_1980_3_2175.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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