NTSB CAROL · Event
Event SEA67A0072
Registry · N2879P
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
PIPER PA-28RT-201T
Seats / Engines
4 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19790608
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A2EB9D
Registrant of record
HARRISON T MARK
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 · N2879P
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
DF
Operator type
Part 135 (air taxi/commuter)
Airport
PARMA MUNI
Kind of flying
CB
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Temp
70° F
Aircraft history
Total time
3,672 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
750
Age
28
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
INE TOO LATE TO AVOID EXTREME EVASIVE TACTICS.
Investigator remarks
SURVEY OF FIELD FOR LATER SPRAY FLT.PLT SAW PWRL
Cause factors
- 64/A/08 A PILOT IN COMMAND DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 84/A/7 A MISCELLANEOUS EVASIVE MANEUVER TO AVOID COLLISION Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/16 A PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 83/J/I J TERRAIN HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS 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
2 0564.
Source file
NTSB_1967_2_0564.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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