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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event LAX69D0192

1968-11-06 BENSON, Arizona, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N4129Z

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

PIPER PA-18-150

Year of manufacture

1965 · 3 years old at event

Engine

LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES (180 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

20110331

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A4DF39

Registrant of record

WILD ABOUT NATURE 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 · N4129Z

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EB

Operator type

G

Airport

CASCABEL

Kind of flying

DQ

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

270° / 5 kt

Aircraft history

Total time

3,111 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

4,600

Age

49

Investigator remarks

STRUCK 60 FT HIGH PHONE LINE. UNATTENDED STRIP.

Cause factors

  • 64/A/15 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 83/J/I J
    TERRAIN HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS 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 4385. Source file NTSB_1968_3_4385.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.