NTSB CAROL · Event
Event ANC81DAG61
Registry · N57617
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
PIPER PA-18-150
Year of manufacture
1977 · 4 years old at event
Engine
LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES (180 hp)
Seats / Engines
2 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19770429
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A7674E
Registrant of record
ELIJAH AIR LLC
Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).
Aircraft involved
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 · N57617
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
UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
Wind
330° / 20 kt
Temp
58° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
0018-7709125
Total time
432 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
2,865
Age
46
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
ACH NR BLUFFS TO SGL GND PSNL.L FLOAT HIT 6FT ROCK
Investigator remarks
FLOAT EQUIPPED.ENCTRD DWNDFT DRG LOW PASS OVR BE
Cause factors
- 64/A/27 A PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/A/14 A MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 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 1824.
Source file
NTSB_1981_3_1824.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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