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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event ANC81DAG70

1981-08-28 WHITTIER, Alaska, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N49128

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

STANDARD E-1

Engine

LERHONE TYPE C (80 hp)

Seats / Engines

3 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19610811

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A6168E

Registrant of record

WEEKS KERMIT A

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N49128 Interstate S-1B1 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

INTERSTATE S-1B1 · N49128

Damage

Destroyed

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

D1

Operator type

D

Airport

WHITTIER

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

270° / 25 kt

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000000231

Total time

1,300 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

2,000

Age

43

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

OTTLE.HIT OBSTN ON BOAT DOCK.WND GSTG 35KTS.

Investigator remarks

CARGO FASTENED TO REAR SEAT SHIFTED & JAMMED THR

Cause factors

64/C/29 C
PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Cause
88/C/60 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS CARGO SHIFTED Cause
74/C/I0 C
POWERPLANT THROTTLE-POWER LEVER ASSEMBLIES Cause
88/C/CD C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS JAMMED Cause
82/L/K L
WEATHER TURBULENCE IN FLIGHT,CLEAR AIR
83/K/Y K
TERRAIN OTHER 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 1814. Source file NTSB_1981_3_1814.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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