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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event ANC80FA045

1980-05-16 WASILLA, Alaska, United States Fatal 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

N1007H Aeronca 15AC Fatal

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

AERONCA 15AC · N1007H

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Takeoff — initial climb (C1)

Operator type

D

Kind of flying

DD

Weather at impact

Sky

BROKEN/LOWER SCATTERED

Wind

090° / 8 kt

Temp

55° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

00000015AC-9

Total time

1,707 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

600

Age

58

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

ED W FUEL TNKS APRX 1/2 FULL.

Investigator remarks

FLOAT EQUIPPED.1ST FLT AFTER WINTER STORAGE.STOR

Cause factors

64/C/29 C
PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Cause
88/C/87 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS WATER IN FUEL Cause
64/B/16 B
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED
88/K/88 K
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER Joint factor

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 2639. Source file NTSB_1980_3_2639.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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