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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event SEA66A0004

1965-07-12 SNOHOMISH, Washington, United States Fatal 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N1355C

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

COLUMBIA AIRCRAFT MFG LC41-550FG

Year of manufacture

2006

Engine

CONT MOTOR TSIO-550-C (310 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

20060607

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A090CE

Registrant of record

C&E AVIATION 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 PA-18 · N1355C

Damage

Destroyed

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

DJ

Operator type

Personal/private

Airport

SWOHOMISH AIRFILD

Kind of flying

CA

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

315° / 6 kt

Temp

60° F

Aircraft history

Total time

1,050 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

235

Age

21

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

ERED A SPIN CRASHED POSSIBLE TOXIC POISONING

Investigator remarks

DURING PULL UP FROM FINAL SWATH RUN,AIRCRAFT ENT

Cause factors

  • 64/A/16 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED 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 2 0606. Source file NTSB_1965_2_0606.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.