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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event LAX76DUK12

1976-09-27 SAFFORD, Arizona, United States Minor 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

N7670Z Piper PA-25 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-25 · N7670Z

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

DK

Operator type

Part 135 (air taxi/commuter)

Kind of flying

CA

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Temp

92° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

0000025-3816

Total time

3,624 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

10,943

Age

51

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

.SEEDING ALFALFA.

Investigator remarks

FORCED LDG AT LOW ALT.CROSS ROWS OF COTTON FIELD

Cause factors

74/C/LF C
POWERPLANT GEARS,ACCESSORY DRIVE Cause
88/C/BM C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS DISCONNECTED Cause
83/B/Y B
TERRAIN OTHER

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 2951. Source file NTSB_1976_3_2951.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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