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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event SEA66D0257

1966-03-22 SPANAWAY, Washington, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N2132E

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

AERONCA 7AC

Year of manufacture

1946 · 20 years old at event

Engine

CONT MOTOR A&C65 SERIES (65 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19590814

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A1C74A

Registrant of record

MANN THOMAS A

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N2132E Aeronca 7AC 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

AERONCA 7AC · N2132E

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

B2

Operator type

Part 91 (general aviation)

Airport

SPANAWAY

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

OVERCAST

Temp

50° F

Aircraft history

Total time

3,294 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Airline transport

Total hours

43

Age

21

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

ILOT PROPPED ACFT-NO ONE AT CONTROLS.

Investigator remarks

PARKED ACFT CHAMPION N8558E SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.P

Cause factors

64/A/36 A
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER STARTING PROCEDURES 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 1061. Source file NTSB_1966_3_1061.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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