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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event ANC83LA040

1983-01-31 WHITE MOUNTAIN, Alaska, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

Factual narrative

THE PLT WAS DEMONSTRATING SKI LANDINGS ON RIVER ICE. THE OAT WAS AT LEAST MINUS 20 DEG F. AFTER A PROLONGED POWER-OFF DESCENT HE RECOGNIZED A NEED FOR ADDITIONAL POWER BUT THE ENG WOULD NOT RESPOND. THE PLT ATTEMPTED TO STRETCH HIS GLIDE BUT THE ACFT STALLED & THE RIGHT SKI-GEAR COLLAPSED. THE PLT LATER STATED HE HAD NOT CONSIDERED THE EFFECT OF THE EXTREME COLD ON THE NON-WINTERIZED ENG. HE COULD NOT RECALL HAVING THE CARB HEAT CONTROL ON, NOR DID HE KNOW THAT THE HEAT WAS REQUIRED TO PRECLUDE A TOO-LEAN MIXTURE FOR THIS ENG. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_1983_ANC83LA040.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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What the literature says.

Academic papers and agency reports matching this event's aircraft type or causal vocabulary (stall). Sourced from NASA NTRS, NTSB Safety Studies, FAA CAMI, AOPA Air Safety Institute, Embry-Riddle Scholarly Commons, arXiv, and the Semantic Scholar academic graph.

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