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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event ANC81DAA01

1980-10-03 CANDLE, Alaska, United States Minor 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

N333FL Beech E18S Minor

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 E18S · N333FL

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Takeoff — initial climb (C1)

Operator type

Business

Airport

CANDLE NO.2

Kind of flying

B3

Weather at impact

Sky

UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED

Temp

36° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

0000000BE-29

Total time

6,500 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

GA (GA)

Total hours

2,660

Age

27

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

END OF RWY.

Investigator remarks

UN TO LIFT OUT OF GND EFFECT.COLLIDED W BRUSH AT

Cause factors

64/A/24 A
PILOT IN COMMAND PREMATURE LIFT-OFF Cause — pilot/personnel action
64/A/81 A
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO ABORT TAKEOFF Cause — pilot/personnel action
80/J/BB J
AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES ICE/SLUSH ON RUNWAY Joint cause
88/J/DH J
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS RAN OFF END OF RUNWAY 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 2625. Source file NTSB_1980_3_2625.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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