NTSB CAROL · Event
Event ANC76DAG10
Registry · N2891P
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
PIPER PA-18A
Year of manufacture
1956 · 19 years old at event
Engine
LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES (180 hp)
Seats / Engines
2 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19700911
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A2F1F3
Registrant of record
HULA JESSE M
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-18 · N2891P
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Takeoff — initial climb (C1)
Operator type
D
Kind of flying
A0
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Temp
65° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
0000018-4489
Total time
3,210 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Flight instructor (CFI)
Total hours
1,149
Age
29
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
VBL.
Investigator remarks
MARGINAL BEACH AREA. HIT ALDER BRUSH. WIND LT &
Cause factors
- 64/C/30 C PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT Cause
- 66/C/54 C DUAL STUDENT Cause
- 83/J/D J TERRAIN HIGH VEGETATION Joint 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 2206.
Source file
NTSB_1975_3_2206.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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