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ANC82DAG07

1981-11-15 · ANCHORAGE, Alaska, United States · Minor · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
FECHTNER KR-2 · N37686
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Night
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EB
Operator type
D
Airport
MERRILL FIELD
Kind of flying
B0

Weather at impact

Sky
CLEAR
Wind
045° / 5 kt
Temp
20° F

Aircraft history

Serial number
0000JE727779
Total time
15 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
104
Age
32

Investigator remarks

ENCTRD WAKE TURBC FM OTR ACFT.

Cause factors

  • 64/C/27 C
    PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING Cause
  • 84/C/1 C
    MISCELLANEOUS VORTEX TURBULENCE Cause

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

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 2846. Source file NTSB_1981_3_2846.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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