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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event DEN78FTM26

1978-06-25 PROVO, Utah, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

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 J-3 · N92002

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

B1

Operator type

D

Airport

PROVO MUNICIPAL

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000016395

Total time

1,790 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

182

Age

31

Investigator remarks

WIND 30 KTS GUSTING TO 35 KTS.

Cause factors

  • 64/A/28 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 64/A/38 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND TAXIED/PARKED WITHOUT PROPER ASSISTANCE Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 82/A/H A
    WEATHER UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS Cause — pilot/personnel action

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 1395. Source file NTSB_1978_3_1395.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.