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ANC81DA114

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

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

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).

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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