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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event ANC75DAG93

1975-05-11 COLD BAY, Alaska, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N7360D

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

PIPER PA-18

Year of manufacture

1957 · 18 years old at event

Engine

LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES (180 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19970715

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A9E3B1

Registrant of record

METTLER DANIEL G

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N7360D Piper PA-18 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-18 · N7360D

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

C0

Operator type

D

Airport

COLD BAY

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

140° / 15 kt

Aircraft history

Serial number

0000018-5720

Total time

2,900 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Airline transport

Total hours

225

Age

27

Investigator remarks

GUSTING TO 25K.

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
82/C/H C
WEATHER UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS 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 2198. Source file NTSB_1975_3_2198.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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