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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event ANC81DA114

1981-09-13 CAPE YAKATAGA, Alaska, United States Fatal 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

N3580B Beech B50 Fatal

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

BEECH B50 · N3580B

Damage

Z

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dusk

Weather

Z

Phase of flight

D1

Operator type

Business

Kind of flying

B3

Weather at impact

Sky

OVERCAST

Aircraft history

Serial number

00000000CH40

Total time

3,000 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

1,038

Age

23

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

11HRS IN THE 24HR PERIOD PRECEDING THE ACCDT.

Investigator remarks

INJURY INDEX & DAMAGE PRESUMED.PLT FLEW AT LEAST

Cause factors

64/C/29 C
PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Cause
64/C/27 C
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING Cause
88/C/63 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FUEL EXHAUSTION Cause
88/L/62 L
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS PILOT FATIGUE
88/K/88 K
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER Joint factor

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 3654. Source file NTSB_1981_3_3654.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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