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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event ANC76DAH92

1976-09-05 MCGRATH, Alaska, United States Minor 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N83362

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

PIPER PA-18-150

Year of manufacture

1976 · 0 years old at event

Engine

LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES (180 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19760524

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S AB66C4

Registrant of record

MAGNUSON ROBERT L JR

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N83362 Piper PA-18 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-18 · N83362

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Takeoff — initial climb (C1)

Operator type

D

Airport

MCGRATH

Kind of flying

A3

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Aircraft history

Serial number

0018-7609092

Total time

68 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Airline transport

Total hours

66

Age

39

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

OBSERVED ON WINGS IMMEDIATELY AFTER ACCIDENT.

Investigator remarks

ACFT FAILED TO DEVELOP FULL POWER ON TKOF. FROST

Cause factors

64/C/29 C
PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Cause
88/C/87 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS WATER IN FUEL Cause
64/B/81 B
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO ABORT TAKEOFF
88/K/74 K
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS AIRFRAME ICE 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 3845. Source file NTSB_1976_3_3845.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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