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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event ANC79DAA11

1979-04-27 KOTZEBUE, Alaska, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N4479Z

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

PIPER PA-18-150

Year of manufacture

1969 · 10 years old at event

Engine

LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES (180 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19690813

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A56849

Registrant of record

BROWN TIM S

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N4479Z 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 · N4479Z

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

C4

Operator type

D

Airport

RALPH WIEN

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

OVERCAST

Wind

170° / 26 kt

Aircraft history

Serial number

0000018-8834

Total time

400 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

560

Age

20

Investigator remarks

HIT C-150,N19479,SUBST DMG.WIND GUSTING 34K.

Cause factors

64/C/79 C
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL Cause
64/C/80 C
PILOT IN COMMAND SELECTED WRONG RUNWAY RELATIVE TO EXISTING WIND Cause
82/L/H L
WEATHER UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS
88/L/AQ L
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS DOWNWIND

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 2344. Source file NTSB_1979_3_2344.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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