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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event ANC70D0086

1969-10-12 WASILLA, Alaska, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N4205H

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

PIPER PA-14

Year of manufacture

1948 · 21 years old at event

Engine

LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES (180 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19751124

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A4FEAE

Registrant of record

SWIFT LEONARD M

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N4205H Piper PA-14 None

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

PIPER PA-14 · N4205H

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Takeoff — initial climb (C1)

Operator type

D

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

OVERCAST

Wind

360° / 15 kt

Aircraft history

Serial number

0000000014-8

Total time

2,958 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

1,190

Age

39

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

. UNABLE TO OUTCLIMB TREES ON SHORE.LND,DMG FLOAT

Investigator remarks

TOOK OFF WITH CARB HEAT ON TWD SHORT END OF LAKE

Cause factors

64/C/21 C
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS Cause
88/C/02 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS ANTI-ICING/DEICING EQUIPMENT-IMPROPER OPERATION OF/OR FAILED TO USE Cause
64/C/35 C
PILOT IN COMMAND SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN Cause
64/B/25 B
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER LEVEL OFF
82/K/H K
WEATHER UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS Joint factor

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 4199. Source file NTSB_1969_3_4199.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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