NTSB CAROL · Event
Event ANC82DAG10
Registry · N53851
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
BELLANCA 7GCBC
Year of manufacture
1975 · 6 years old at event
Engine
LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES (180 hp)
Seats / Engines
2 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19751020
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A6D146
Registrant of record
WILSON MICHAEL D
Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).
Aircraft involved
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
BELLANCA 7GCBC · N53851
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Cruise — descent (EF)
Operator type
D
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000889-76
Total time
2,770 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
1,353
Age
27
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
SLGTLY LONG.UN TO STOP BFR TUNDRA AT END OF LAKE.
Investigator remarks
FRESH SNW ON FRZN LAKE,DEPTH PERCEPTION POOR,LND
Cause factors
- 64/A/35 A PILOT IN COMMAND SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 83/J/B J TERRAIN SNOW-COVERED Joint cause
- 83/J/C J TERRAIN ICY 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 3397.
Source file
NTSB_1981_3_3397.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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