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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event SEA68D0034

1967-07-14 CHALLIS, Idaho, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N4030Z

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

ZIPLINE INTERNATIONAL INC P2 ZIP

0

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A4BA36

Registrant of record

ZIPLINE INTERNATIONAL INC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N4030Z Piper PA-18 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-18 · N4030Z

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EE

Operator type

D

Airport

LOON CREEK

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

315° / 8 kt

Aircraft history

Total time

195 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

95

Age

44

Investigator remarks

TAILWIND 8K.

Cause factors

64/C/46 C
PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED Cause
88/L/AQ L
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS DOWNWIND

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 3118. Source file NTSB_1967_3_3118.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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