NTSB CAROL · Event
Event OAK75DVG05
Registry · N98659
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
PIPER J3C-65
Year of manufacture
1946 · 29 years old at event
Engine
CONT MOTOR A&C75 SERIES (75 hp)
Seats / Engines
2 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19580711
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S ADC497
Registrant of record
VAJDOS KIRSTEN MARIE
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 J-3 · N98659
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Cruise climb (DB)
Operator type
D
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000018885
Total time
1,499 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
8,070
Age
30
Investigator remarks
LOOKING FOR LOST DOG.
Cause factors
- 64/A/16 A PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/J/08 J PILOT IN COMMAND DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT 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 2067.
Source file
NTSB_1975_3_2067.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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