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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event ANC80DAG55

1980-05-16 DILLINGHAM, Alaska, United States Serious 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N82962

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

PIPER PA-18-150

Engine

LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES (180 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19930805

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S AB558F

Registrant of record

JACQUES JERRY J

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N82962 Piper PA-18 Serious

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 · N82962

Damage

Destroyed

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EJ

Operator type

D

Kind of flying

B4

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

090° / 40 kt

Aircraft history

Serial number

0018-7909037

Total time

550 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

175

Age

22

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

ING.

Investigator remarks

LNDD ON BEACH,HIT CLIFF DRG GO-AROUND.FISH SPOTT

Cause factors

64/A/35 A
PILOT IN COMMAND SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN Cause — pilot/personnel action
64/A/07 A
PILOT IN COMMAND DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND Cause — pilot/personnel action
82/J/H J
WEATHER UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS Joint cause
82/J/M J
WEATHER DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS 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 2332. Source file NTSB_1980_3_2332.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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