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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event ANC80FA075

1980-07-28 KENAI, Alaska, United States Minor 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

N71961 Cessna U206 Minor

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 U206 · N71961

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Night

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EE

Operator type

E

Airport

BUTLER AVIATION

Kind of flying

CJ

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

210° / 4 kt

Aircraft history

Serial number

0000206-1238

Total time

3,473 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

2,892

Age

20

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

Y,P/N0442506-1.

Investigator remarks

PRE-EXISTING FATIGUE CRACK,UPPER TORQUE LINK ASS

Cause factors

64/C/25 C
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER LEVEL OFF Cause
70/K/CE K
AIRFRAME NOSEWHEEL ASSEMBLIES Joint factor
88/K/36 K
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FATIGUE FRACTURE Joint factor
88/K/94 K
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OVERLOAD FAILURE Joint factor
88/K/AQ K
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS DOWNWIND Joint factor
80/K/BK K
AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES POORLY MAINTAINED RUNWAY SURFACE Joint factor
82/L/C L
WEATHER FOG

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 3719. Source file NTSB_1980_3_3719.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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