NTSB CAROL · Event
Event MKC70D0194
Registry · N98759
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
PIPER J3C-65
Year of manufacture
1946 · 23 years old at event
Engine
CONT MOTOR A&C65 SERIES (65 hp)
Seats / Engines
2 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19550818
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S ADC84E
Registrant of record
LEFT FINAL 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 J3L · N98759
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Cruise climb (DB)
Operator type
Personal/private
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Wind
340° / 10 kt
Temp
85° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000018987
Total time
2,804 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
151
Age
49
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
L WING STRUCK FENCE POST.DENSITY ALT APRX 3200FT.
Investigator remarks
LOW ALT PHOTO FLT.UN CLB ABV TREES,DRG ATMTD LDG
Cause factors
- 64/C/16 C PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED Cause
- 64/B/54 B PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED CLEARANCE
- 82/L/W L WEATHER HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE
- 83/K/I K TERRAIN HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS Joint factor
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 3519.
Source file
NTSB_1969_3_3519.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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