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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event FTW69D0032

1968-06-22 MARFA, Texas, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N8676P

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

POWRACHUTE LLC AIRWOLF 912ULS

Year of manufacture

2019

Engine

VIKING 130 (130 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

20190528

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S ABEC10

Registrant of record

GREAT LAKES AVIATION 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-24 · N8676P

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

B0

Operator type

D

Airport

PRESIDIO

Kind of flying

B1

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Aircraft history

Total time

762 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Flight instructor (CFI)

Total hours

630

Age

28

Investigator remarks

DISTRACTED BY ANTELOPE HERD RUNNING BY.

Cause factors

  • 64/A/08 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 64/A/15 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS 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 1854. Source file NTSB_1968_3_1854.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.