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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event ANC72DAG03

1971-06-26 MCGRATH, Alaska, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N6618H

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

PIPER J3C-65

Year of manufacture

1946 · 25 years old at event

Engine

CONT MOTOR C85 SERIES (85 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19600328

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A8BB68

Registrant of record

SMITHSON CHARLES W

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N6618H Piper J3C-65 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 J3C-65 · N6618H

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

C0

Operator type

D

Airport

FAREWELL LAKE

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000019810

Total time

1,071 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

216

Age

24

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

REES.LTD EXPRNCE W CNVNTNL GR ACFT.

Investigator remarks

ATMTD TKOF FM NARROW RWY,LOST CTL,LEFT RWY,HIT T

Cause factors

64/C/02 C
PILOT IN COMMAND ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL Cause
64/C/79 C
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL Cause
80/K/BY K
AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES OTHER 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 2816. Source file NTSB_1971_3_2816.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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