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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event ANC73FAG85

1973-04-29 WASILLA, Alaska, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N56US

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

ALBERT F PADELT 90-TA

Year of manufacture

2023

Engine

NONE NONE

Seats / Engines

1 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

20230803

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A72664

Registrant of record

PADELT ALBERT F

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N56US Piccard AX-6 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

PICCARD AX-6 · N56US

Damage

Destroyed

Craft type

D

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

D1

Operator type

D

Airport

WASILLA

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

135° / 25 kt

Temp

40° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000000656

Total time

2 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

16

Age

24

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

BALLOON SETTLED INTO TREES.

Investigator remarks

PLT FAILED TO OPEN FUEL SUPPLY VALVE COMPLETELY.

Cause factors

64/C/21 C
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS Cause
64/C/32 C
PILOT IN COMMAND MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL Cause
64/L/31 L
PILOT IN COMMAND LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT
64/L/29 L
PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING
83/K/I K
TERRAIN HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS 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 2248. Source file NTSB_1973_3_2248.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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