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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event ANC80DA106

1980-09-29 TATITNA, Alaska, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N1455T

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

DEHAVILLAND DHC 2 MK III

Engine

P&W CANADA PT6A-34 (750 hp)

Seats / Engines

11 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

20190808

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A0B85C

Registrant of record

KENMORE AIR HARBOR LLC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N1455T DEHAVND CAN DHC-2 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

DEHAVND CAN DHC-2 · N1455T

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — descent (EF)

Operator type

E

Airport

TATINTA

Kind of flying

CI

Weather at impact

Sky

OVERCAST/LOWER SCATTERED

Aircraft history

Serial number

00001647TB26

Total time

6,582 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Flight instructor (CFI)

Total hours

2,557

Age

25

Cause factors

64/C/79 C
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL 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 2360. Source file NTSB_1980_3_2360.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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