NTSB CAROL · Event
Event ANC72DAG73
Registry · N78481
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
PIPER PA-12
Year of manufacture
1947 · 24 years old at event
Engine
LYCOMING 0-235 SERIES (115 hp)
Seats / Engines
3 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19560604
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S AAA2EC
Registrant of record
CANOE BAY OUTFITTERS LLC
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-12 · N78481
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Night
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
D2
Operator type
D
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
OVERCAST
Wind
120° / 11 kt
Temp
32° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
0000012-1992
Total time
1,828 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
323
Age
23
Cause factors
- 64/C/21 C PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS Cause
- 82/C/G C WEATHER CONDITIONS CONDUCIVE TO CARB./INDUCTION SYSTEM ICING Cause
- 88/C/02 C MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS ANTI-ICING/DEICING EQUIPMENT-IMPROPER OPERATION OF/OR FAILED TO USE Cause
- 88/C/72 C MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS ICE-CARBURETOR Cause
- 83/B/B B TERRAIN SNOW-COVERED
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 3972.
Source file
NTSB_1971_3_3972.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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