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ANC81DAA09

1981-02-21 · MOSES POINT, Alaska, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
LUSCOMBE 11A · N1667B
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
IMC
Phase of flight
Cruise — descent (EF)
Operator type
D
Airport
MOSES POINT
Kind of flying
B0

Weather at impact

Sky
OBSCURATION
Wind
360° / 25 kt
Temp
-20° F

Aircraft history

Serial number
00000011-173
Total time
3,131 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
2,300
Age
43

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

D DUE HIGH DRIFTS ON RWY.WIND GUSTING 30K.

Investigator remarks

NO WX REPORTS AVBL BTN GALENA & NOME.LNDD ON ROA

Cause factors

  • 64/A/04 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 80/J/BC J
    AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES SNOW ON RUNWAY Joint cause
  • 82/J/D J
    WEATHER SNOW Joint cause
  • 82/J/H J
    WEATHER UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS Joint cause
  • 88/J/78 J
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS WHITEOUT Joint cause

Decoded against the NTSB Form 6120.4 cause-factor codebook (ct_Pre1982 table).

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 0409. Source file NTSB_1981_3_0409.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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