NTSB CAROL · Event
Event ANC80FA025
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 · N332MA
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dusk
Weather
IMC
Phase of flight
EC
Operator type
E
Airport
KENAI MUNICIPAL
Kind of flying
CI
Weather at impact
Sky
OBSCURATION
Wind
190° / 10 kt
Temp
30° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000000032
Total time
917,021 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
GA (GA)
Total hours
2,105
Age
35
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
RS LAST 90DAYS.NOT ADZD G/S OTS DRG WX BRRF.
Investigator remarks
PLT WAS UPGRADED TO PIC 5DAYS BFR.COPLT FLEW 10H
Cause factors
- 64/A/26 A PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER IFR OPERATION Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 68/J/E2 J PERSONNEL INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT CREW Joint cause
- 68/J/I6 J PERSONNEL OTHER Joint cause
- 80/J/A0 J AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES INSTRUMENT LANDING SYSTEM Joint cause
- 82/J/A J WEATHER LOW CEILING Joint cause
- 82/J/C J WEATHER FOG 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 2839.
Source file
NTSB_1980_3_2839.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
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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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