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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event ANC81IA047

1981-04-28 PORT HEIDEN, Alaska, United States Minor 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N6CC

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

ECLIPSE AVIATION CORP EA500

Year of manufacture

2007

Engine

P&W CANADA PW610F-A

Seats / Engines

6 seats · 2 engines

Last airworthiness date

20071107

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A7C2C2

Registrant of record

FLIGHT CLUB AVIATION LLC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N6CC Piper PA-31 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

PIPER PA-31 · N6CC

Damage

Minor

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

C

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

IMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — descent (EF)

Operator type

E

Airport

PORT HEIDEN

Kind of flying

CI

Weather at impact

Sky

OBSCURATION

Aircraft history

Serial number

00000031-543

Total time

4,269 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

GA (GA)

Total hours

5,250

Age

40

Investigator remarks

LNDD IN CLRD AREA BESIDE RWY.COMPANY FLT PLN.

Cause factors

64/C/04 C
PILOT IN COMMAND CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS Cause
88/C/13 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS NOT ALIGNED WITH RUNWAY/INTENDED LANDING AREA Cause
82/L/A L
WEATHER LOW CEILING
82/L/C L
WEATHER FOG
80/K/BY K
AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES 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 5 0001. Source file NTSB_1981_5_0001.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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