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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event ANC80FA085

1980-08-17 MCCARTHY, Alaska, United States Minor 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

N766 DEHAVND CAN DHC-2 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

DEHAVND CAN DHC-2 · N766

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EJ

Operator type

G

Airport

CHITINA GLACIER

Kind of flying

DQ

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000000344

Total time

7,377 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

5,604

Age

34

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

2 TIME IN FLOAT EQUIPPED ACFT.

Investigator remarks

REMOTE PARK MONUMENT STRIP.ALL BUT 20HRS OF DHC-

Cause factors

64/C/35 C
PILOT IN COMMAND SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN Cause
64/C/07 C
PILOT IN COMMAND DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND Cause
64/L/31 L
PILOT IN COMMAND LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT
64/K/71 K
PILOT IN COMMAND MISUSED OR FAILED TO USE FLAPS Joint factor
80/L/BK L
AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES POORLY MAINTAINED RUNWAY SURFACE

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 2176. Source file NTSB_1980_3_2176.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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