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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event ANC81DA013

1980-12-30 GAMBELL, Alaska, United States Fatal 1 aircraft Status: Completed

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

AERO COMDR 680-FL · N113NA

Damage

Minor

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

A1

Operator type

E

Airport

GAMBELL

Kind of flying

CI

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

040° / 25 kt

Temp

-10° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000001794

Total time

5,779 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

GA (GA)

Total hours

12,263

Age

40

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

X BRIEF TO EXIT L/AFT.1 PAX WALKED INTO R PROP.

Investigator remarks

R ENG NOT SHTDWN TO AVOID HEATER RESTART MALF.PA

Cause factors

  • 64/A/20 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 68/A/K4 A
    PERSONNEL PASSENGER Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 68/J/D6 J
    PERSONNEL INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION Joint cause
  • 75/J/EY J
    SYSTEMS OTHER 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 1914. Source file NTSB_1980_3_1914.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.