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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event ANC76DAH75

1976-09-18 TALKEETNA, Alaska, United States Minor 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N3324M

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

PIPER PA-12

Year of manufacture

1947 · 29 years old at event

Engine

LYCOMING 0-235 SERIES (115 hp)

Seats / Engines

3 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19620423

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A3A02D

Registrant of record

BUSH PILOT INC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N3324M Piper PA-12 Minor

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-12 · N3324M

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Night

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Takeoff — initial climb (C1)

Operator type

D

Airport

FIELD SITE

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

OVERCAST

Temp

34° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

0000012-2183

Total time

2,615 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Flight instructor (CFI)

Total hours

751

Age

42

Investigator remarks

UN CLMB OUT OF GROUND EFFECT.

Cause factors

64/A/29 A
PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Cause — pilot/personnel action
64/A/35 A
PILOT IN COMMAND SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN Cause — pilot/personnel action
64/A/81 A
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO ABORT TAKEOFF Cause — pilot/personnel action

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 2614. Source file NTSB_1976_3_2614.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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