NTSB CAROL · Event
Event SEA66D0119
Registry · N765N
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
BIRD CK
Year of manufacture
1932 · 33 years old at event
Engine
KINNER B5 SERIES (125 hp)
Seats / Engines
3 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19600715
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S AA5547
Registrant of record
JENKINS GEORGE MERRITT
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
BIRD CK · N765N
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
DF
Operator type
D
Kind of flying
CA
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Temp
50° F
Pilot
Certificate
Flight instructor (CFI)
Total hours
275
Age
23
Investigator remarks
PILOT WAS SIGNALING THE FLAGMAN
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 2889.
Source file
NTSB_1965_3_2889.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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