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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event MKC70F0308

1969-12-23 GRAND FORKS, North Dakota, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N2205A

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

PIPER PA-18-135

Year of manufacture

1952 · 17 years old at event

Engine

LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES (180 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19791012

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A1E409

Registrant of record

RIGGIN FLIGHT SERVICE INC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N2205A Piper PA-18 None

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 · N2205A

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

B2

Operator type

Part 91 (general aviation)

Airport

GRAND FORKS

Kind of flying

B1

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Aircraft history

Serial number

0000018-1881

Total time

1,368 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

135

Age

20

Investigator remarks

HIT HANGAR.PX AT CONTROLS,PLT HAND STARTED ACFT.

Cause factors

64/A/37 A
PILOT IN COMMAND STARTED ENGINE WITHOUT PROPER ASSISTANCE/EQUIPMENT 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 4644. Source file NTSB_1969_3_4644.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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