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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event ANC81DA070

1981-06-19 JUNEAU, Alaska, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N37756

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

DEHAVILLAND BEAVER DHC-2

Year of manufacture

1961 · 20 years old at event

Engine

P&W R-985 SERIES (450 hp)

Seats / Engines

8 seats · 1 engine

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A450F2

Registrant of record

BLUE AIRCRAFT LLC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N37756 DEHAVILLAND DHC-2 None

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

DEHAVILLAND DHC-2 · N37756

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

B1

Operator type

E

Kind of flying

CI

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Temp

58° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000001456

Total time

6,790 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

880

Age

24

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

P TAXI ARND OBSTNS,INSUF CLNC,HIT ROCK/TREE.CO PLN

Investigator remarks

15MPH RVR CARRIED FLOAT PLANE TWD BANK,ATMTD STE

Cause factors

64/A/35 A
PILOT IN COMMAND SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN Cause — pilot/personnel action
64/A/54 A
PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED CLEARANCE Cause — pilot/personnel action
88/J/88 J
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER 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 2828. Source file NTSB_1981_3_2828.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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