NTSB CAROL · Event
Event NYC68A0100
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
DOUGLAS C-54D · N85
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dusk
Weather
IMC
Phase of flight
EE
Operator type
G
Airport
REYKJAVIK
Kind of flying
DQ
Weather at impact
Sky
OVERCAST/LOWER SCATTERED
Wind
290° / 9 kt
Temp
35° F
Aircraft history
Total time
18,825 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
DA (DA)
Total hours
8,500
Age
47
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
ER JURISDICTION OF GOVT OF ICELAND.
Investigator remarks
ACFT SLID OFF END OF ICY RNWY. INVESTIGATION UND
Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket
6 0018.
Source file
NTSB_1968_6_0018.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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