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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event ANC80DAG98

1980-08-24 WASILLA, Alaska, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N2340S

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

PIPER PA-18-150

Year of manufacture

1979 · 1 years old at event

Engine

LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES (180 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19790522

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A219C5

Registrant of record

WHALEN PATRICK M

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N2340S 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 · N2340S

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EE

Operator type

D

Airport

WASILLA

Kind of flying

A1

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

160° / 10 kt

Temp

75° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

0018-7909134

Total time

83 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Airline transport

Total hours

19

Age

28

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

CA,N9650S,SUBSTANTIALLY DMGD.

Investigator remarks

X-WND VRBL 150-180DEG,GSTG OVR 10KTS.CHAMPION 7E

Cause factors

64/C/28 C
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS Cause
64/L/62 L
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER RECOVERY FROM BOUNCED LANDING
68/L/C0 L
PERSONNEL INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT
82/L/H L
WEATHER UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS

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 2329. Source file NTSB_1980_3_2329.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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