NTSB CAROL · Event
Event ANC80FA018
Registry · N8061V
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
CIRRUS DESIGN SR22
Year of manufacture
2003
TCDS
A00009CH · CIRRUS DESIGN CORP
Engine
CONT MOTOR IO-550 SERIES (300 hp)
Seats / Engines
4 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
20030812
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S AAFAB6
Registrant of record
CHEAIRS WILLIAM T
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
DEHAVND CAN DHC-6 · N8061V
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dusk
Weather
Z
Phase of flight
D1
Operator type
E
Kind of flying
CI
Weather at impact
Sky
OBSCURATION
Wind
130° / 12 kt
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000000294
Total time
19,677 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
DA (DA)
Total hours
3,453
Age
29
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
FSS OTS.SPEC OBS TAKEN 0829,TRANS TO PLT AFT TKOF.
Investigator remarks
RCVY DATE 2/10/80.TELEWRITER TRANS WX FM NWS TO
Cause factors
- 64/A/04 A PILOT IN COMMAND CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 83/J/B J TERRAIN SNOW-COVERED Joint cause
- 83/J/I J TERRAIN HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS Joint cause
- 82/J/A J WEATHER LOW CEILING Joint cause
- 82/J/D J WEATHER SNOW 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 3898.
Source file
NTSB_1979_3_3898.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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- NASA NTRS 2019 · Contractor Report (CR)
DHC-6 Twin Otter Tailplane Airfoil Section Testing in the Ohio State University 7x10 Wind Tunnel
Ice contaminated tailplane stall (ICTS) has been found to be responsible for 16 accidents with 139 fatalities over the last three decades, and is suspected to have played a role in other accidents and…
- NASA NTRS 2019 · Reprint (Version printed in journal)
In-Flight Aerodynamic Measurements of an Iced Horizontal Tailplane
The effects of tailplane icing on aircraft dynamics and tailplane aerodynamics were investigated using, NASA's modified DHC-6 Twin Otter icing research aircraft.
- NASA NTRS 2019 · Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Investigation of Dynamic Flight Maneuvers With an Iced Tailplane
A detailed analysis of two of the dynamic maneuvers, the pushover and elevator doublet, from the NASA/FAA Tailplane Icing Program are discussed.
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