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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event ANC81DAG12

1980-11-08 COLD BAY, Alaska, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N8327A

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

BOEING 737-8H4

Year of manufacture

2012

TCDS

A16WE · THE BOEING CO

Engine

CFM INTL CFM56-7B27E

Seats / Engines

143 seats · 2 engines

Last airworthiness date

20121210

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S AB6316

Registrant of record

UMB BANK NA TRUSTEE

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N8327A Cessna 170B 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

CESSNA 170B · N8327A

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EE

Operator type

D

Airport

COLD BAY

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

010° / 19 kt

Temp

39° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000025179

Total time

2,000 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

67

Age

32

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

ACFT.WINDS IMPOSSIBLE TO FORECAST,GUSTS TO 21KTS.

Investigator remarks

ALL TIME,EXCEPT IN TYPE,LOGGED IN TRICYCLE GEAR

Cause factors

64/C/28 C
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS Cause
64/C/31 C
PILOT IN COMMAND LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT Cause
64/B/62 B
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER RECOVERY FROM BOUNCED LANDING
82/J/H J
WEATHER UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS 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 3023. Source file NTSB_1980_3_3023.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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