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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event ANC81DA045

1981-04-18 KIPNUK, Alaska, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N99TF

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

CONSTRUCCIONES AERONAUTICAS SA C-212-CB

Year of manufacture

1977 · 4 years old at event

Engine

AIRESEARCH TPE331-5&6SER (776 hp)

Seats / Engines

19 seats · 2 engines

Last airworthiness date

19780929

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S ADD1F9

Registrant of record

MEC INTERNATIONAL TRADING LLC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

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

C.A.S.A. C-212 · N99TF

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

B0

Operator type

E

Airport

ICE STRIP

Kind of flying

CJ

Weather at impact

Sky

SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET

Temp

35° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000000089

Total time

2,975 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

DA (DA)

Total hours

2,470

Age

31

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

K THRU ICE.

Investigator remarks

ICE STRIP-IMPROVED AREA ON FZN LAKE.NOSEWHEEL BR

Cause factors

  • 64/A/35 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 80/J/BY J
    AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES 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 0526. Source file NTSB_1981_3_0526.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.