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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event UNK64X2797

1964-07-12 KOTZEBUE, Alaska, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

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

CESSNA 185 · N9876X

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Takeoff — initial climb (C1)

Airport

KELLY RIVER

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

20,723

Age

69

Investigator remarks

PARKED AIRCRAFT PIPER PA-20. N7485K SUB DAMAGE.

Cause factors

  • 64/C/16 C
    PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED Cause
  • 64/L/24 L
    PILOT IN COMMAND PREMATURE LIFT-OFF

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 1 0039. Source file NTSB_1964_1_0039.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.