NTSB CAROL · Event
Event SEA67D0228
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-28 · N5745W
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
C0
Operator type
Personal/private
Airport
BELLEVUE
Kind of flying
A3
Weather at impact
Sky
BROKEN
Temp
44° F
Aircraft history
Total time
2,965 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Airline transport
Total hours
46
Age
22
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
IFTED WING.AIRCRAFT STRUCK HANGAR.
Investigator remarks
PLT DIVERTED ATTENTION RAISING FLAPS.WIND GUST L
Cause factors
- 64/C/79 C PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL Cause
- 64/C/08 C PILOT IN COMMAND DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT Cause
- 82/L/H L WEATHER UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS
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 4164.
Source file
NTSB_1966_3_4164.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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