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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event ANC70F0014

1969-05-17 CLEAR, Alaska, United States Fatal 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N2184A

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

SPORT PERFORMANCE AVIATION LLC PANTHER LS

Year of manufacture

2023

Engine

ULPOWER UL350I (118 hp)

Seats / Engines

1 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

20250131

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A1DA1F

Registrant of record

GRAMELSPACHER ROBERT

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

PIPER PA-22 · N2184A

Damage

Destroyed

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise climb (DB)

Operator type

D

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Temp

61° F

Pilot

Certificate

Airline transport

Age

63

Investigator remarks

BLOOD ALCOHOL LEVEL 106 MG PCT.

Cause factors

  • 64/A/16 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 88/A/14 A
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 64/J/65 J
    PILOT IN COMMAND PHYSICAL IMPAIRMENT Joint cause
  • 88/J/67 J
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS ALCOHOLIC IMPAIRMENT OF EFFICIENCY AND JUDGMENT 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 2181. Source file NTSB_1969_3_2181.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.