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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event ANC75DAG46

1974-07-26 WASILLA, Alaska, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N4831E

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

CHAMPION 7GC

Year of manufacture

1959 · 15 years old at event

Engine

LYCOMING 0-290 SERIES (140 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A5F63E

Registrant of record

HARDY JOHN R

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N4831E Champion 7GC 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

CHAMPION 7GC · N4831E

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EE

Operator type

D

Airport

WASILLA

Kind of flying

B1

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Aircraft history

Serial number

00000007GC39

Total time

861 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

89

Age

31

Investigator remarks

SHORT FLD LDG PRACTICE.

Cause factors

64/C/25 C
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER LEVEL OFF Cause
64/C/62 C
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER RECOVERY FROM BOUNCED LANDING 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 4295. Source file NTSB_1974_3_4295.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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