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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event DEN76FTM28

1976-04-24 TOOELE, Utah, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N9692P

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

19770721

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S AD8041

Registrant of record

GLASS CITY AVIATION SERVICES LLC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N9692P 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 · N9692P

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise climb (DB)

Operator type

Personal/private

Kind of flying

DC

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

270° / 8 kt

Temp

48° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

0018-7509036

Total time

1,207 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

5,650

Age

42

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

AND IN FIELD,ATTEMPTED TO GROUND LOOP.GEAR FAILED

Investigator remarks

ENGINE FALTERED ON LOW PASS.PILOT ATTEMPTED TO L

Cause factors

64/C/21 C
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS Cause
88/C/34 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS ENGINE LOADED UP Cause
88/K/DF K
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS INTENTIONAL GROUND-WATER-LOOP-SWERVE Joint factor
88/K/94 K
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OVERLOAD FAILURE Joint factor
83/K/Y K
TERRAIN OTHER Joint factor

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 0968. Source file NTSB_1976_3_0968.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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