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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event ANC80DAG29

1980-02-16 SKWENTNA, Alaska, United States Minor 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N98994

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

PIPER PA-12

Year of manufacture

1946 · 34 years old at event

Engine

LYCOMING 0-235 SERIES (115 hp)

Seats / Engines

3 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19560706

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S ADD043

Registrant of record

LINDEEN MICHAEL L

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N98994 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 · N98994

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Takeoff — initial climb (C1)

Operator type

D

Airport

SHELL LAKE

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Temp

30° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

00000012-352

Total time

2,000 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

1,120

Age

32

Cause factors

68/C/D3 C
PERSONNEL IMPROPERLY SERVICED AIRCRAFT (OWNER-PILOT) Cause
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
83/J/I J
TERRAIN HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS 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 0109. Source file NTSB_1980_3_0109.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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