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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event ANC80DAH09

1980-09-08 KING SALMON, Alaska, United States Minor 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N4360Z

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

19680510

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A53BD8

Registrant of record

PETERSEN TED M TRUSTEE

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N4360Z Piper PA-18 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-18 · N4360Z

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise climb (DB)

Operator type

D

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Temp

55° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

0000018-8679

Pilot

Certificate

IA (IA)

Age

37

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

IN LAKE.

Investigator remarks

STRUCK WATER WHILE FLYING OVER OLD ACFT WRECKAGE

Cause factors

64/A/08 A
PILOT IN COMMAND DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT Cause — pilot/personnel action
84/J/8 J
MISCELLANEOUS UNQUALIFIED PERSON OPERATED AIRCRAFT Joint cause
88/J/14 J
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING Joint cause
88/J/88 J
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER 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 2346. Source file NTSB_1980_3_2346.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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