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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event SEA66D0166

1966-10-22 PASCO, Washington, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N6049Z

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

PIPER PA-25

Year of manufacture

1959 · 7 years old at event

Engine

LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES (180 hp)

Seats / Engines

1 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19591113

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A7D9C6

Registrant of record

LOCKWOOD SHAWN O

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N6049Z Piper PA-25 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-25 · N6049Z

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — descent (EF)

Operator type

Part 135 (air taxi/commuter)

Kind of flying

DY

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Aircraft history

Total time

1,778 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

3,000

Age

46

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

HT-TO FLUSH POISON FROM SPRAY TANK.

Investigator remarks

LEFT WING STRUCK SPRINKLER WHEEL.PURPOSE OF FLIG

Cause factors

64/A/47 A
PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED DISTANCE 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 4096. Source file NTSB_1966_3_4096.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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