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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event ANC76DAH12

1976-05-08 PALMER, Alaska, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N4226H

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

PIPER PA-14

Engine

LYCOMING 0-235 SERIES (115 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19570624

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A5063F

Registrant of record

ANGEL AVIATION INC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N4226H Piper PA-14 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-14 · N4226H

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — descent (EF)

Operator type

D

Airport

PALMER MUNI

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

120° / 8 kt

Temp

50° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000001429

Pilot

Certificate

IA (IA)

Total hours

22

Age

32

Investigator remarks

PLT HADNT SOLOED.

Cause factors

64/C/79 C
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL Cause
64/C/02 C
PILOT IN COMMAND ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL Cause
84/L/8 L
MISCELLANEOUS UNQUALIFIED PERSON OPERATED AIRCRAFT
88/K/94 K
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OVERLOAD FAILURE 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 0892. Source file NTSB_1976_3_0892.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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