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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event FTW75ARG80

1975-05-13 NEW BRAUNFELS, Texas, United States Minor 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N2887Z

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

PIPER PA-18A 150

Year of manufacture

1959 · 16 years old at event

Engine

LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES (180 hp)

Seats / Engines

1 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19590707

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A2EF18

Registrant of record

ELLIOTT ROBERT M

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N2887Z Piper PA-18A 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-18A · N2887Z

Damage

Destroyed

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

DK

Operator type

Part 135 (air taxi/commuter)

Airport

NEW BRAUNFELS

Kind of flying

CA

Weather at impact

Sky

SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET

Wind

130° / 10 kt

Aircraft history

Serial number

0000018-7060

Total time

2,414 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Flight instructor (CFI)

Total hours

835

Age

32

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

Y.

Investigator remarks

INADVERTENTLY REDUCED PWR WHEN SHUTTING OFF SPRA

Cause factors

64/A/44 A
PILOT IN COMMAND SPONTANEOUS-IMPROPER ACTION Cause — pilot/personnel action
64/A/16 A
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED 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 0984. Source file NTSB_1975_3_0984.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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