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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event MIA76FCQ09

1975-08-12 TRIBUNE, Kansas, United States Fatal 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N4348Z

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

PIPER PA-18-150

Year of manufacture

1968 · 7 years old at event

Engine

LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES (180 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19680307

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A53582

Registrant of record

WILLIAMS REID G

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 · N4348Z

Damage

Destroyed

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

SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET

Wind

360° / 6 kt

Temp

88° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000188645

Total time

254 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

2,720

Age

48

Cause factors

  • 64/A/16 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 82/J/W J
    WEATHER HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE 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 2664. Source file NTSB_1975_3_2664.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.