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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event ANC76FAA48

1976-08-11 NOME, Alaska, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

N4081Z 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 · N4081Z

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Takeoff — initial climb (C1)

Operator type

D

Airport

NOME MUNICIPAL

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

OVERCAST

Aircraft history

Serial number

0000018-8095

Total time

2,660 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

1,300

Age

32

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

D W SOFT IRON TUBE. STOL MODIFIED A/C.

Investigator remarks

LNDG GEAR HAD PREVIOUS CRACK WHICH WAS REINFORCE

Cause factors

64/A/16 A
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED Cause — pilot/personnel action
64/A/24 A
PILOT IN COMMAND PREMATURE LIFT-OFF Cause — pilot/personnel action
68/J/D0 J
PERSONNEL IMPROPER MAINTENANCE (MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL) Joint cause
70/J/CF J
AIRFRAME WHEELS,TIRES,AXLES Joint cause
88/J/31 J
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS BOGUS PART Joint cause
88/J/94 J
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OVERLOAD FAILURE 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 2751. Source file NTSB_1976_3_2751.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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