NTSB CAROL · Event
Event ANC80FA001
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
CESSNA 207 · N1726U
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
IMC
Phase of flight
D9
Operator type
E
Kind of flying
CI
Weather at impact
Sky
OVERCAST
Temp
49° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
000020700326
Total time
3,269 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Flight instructor (CFI)
Total hours
2,623
Age
22
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
VEL 108MG%.
Investigator remarks
MERGING CLOUD LAYERS FORECASTED.BLOOD ALCOHOL LE
Cause factors
- 64/A/04 A PILOT IN COMMAND CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/66 A PILOT IN COMMAND SPATIAL DISORIENTATION Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/J/29 J PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Joint cause
- 64/J/65 J PILOT IN COMMAND PHYSICAL IMPAIRMENT Joint cause
- 88/J/67 J MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS ALCOHOLIC IMPAIRMENT OF EFFICIENCY AND JUDGMENT Joint cause
- 82/J/A J WEATHER LOW CEILING Joint cause
- 82/J/B J WEATHER RAIN Joint cause
- 82/J/L J WEATHER TURBULENCE, ASSOCIATED W/CLOUDS AND/OR THUNDERSTORMS Joint cause
- 82/J/S J WEATHER SQUALL LINE Joint cause
- 82/J/Y J WEATHER OTHER 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 3656.
Source file
NTSB_1979_3_3656.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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