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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event ANC73DAG28

1972-09-02 SKWENTNA, Alaska, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N2666P

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

PIPER PA-18A

Year of manufacture

1955 · 17 years old at event

Engine

LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES (180 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A2987F

Registrant of record

BERENTSON BRADLEY J

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N2666P Piper PA-18A 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-18A · N2666P

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

ED

Operator type

D

Airport

SKWENTNA

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED

Aircraft history

Serial number

0000018-4390

Total time

2,340 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

1,007

Age

48

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

LIPPED ONTO BACK.

Investigator remarks

ACFT LNDD IN WATER SHORT OF GRAVEL SANDBAR AND F

Cause factors

64/C/35 C
PILOT IN COMMAND SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN Cause
64/A/48 A
PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE Cause — pilot/personnel action
83/L/Y L
TERRAIN OTHER
88/K/88 K
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER 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 3285. Source file NTSB_1972_3_3285.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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