NTSB CAROL · Event
Event SEA68D0243
Registry · N2577M
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
PIPER PA-12
Year of manufacture
1946 · 22 years old at event
Engine
LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES (180 hp)
Seats / Engines
3 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19580610
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A274D8
Registrant of record
BALES COLTON E
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-12 · N2577M
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Cruise — descent (EF)
Operator type
Personal/private
Airport
MCCALL
Kind of flying
B2
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Aircraft history
Total time
3,384 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Flight instructor (CFI)
Total hours
4,862
Age
46
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
PREVIOUS T/O. SKI BECAME REVERSED,DUG INTO SNOW.
Investigator remarks
CLEVIS SAFETY PIN OF RT REAR SKI CABLE FAILED ON
Cause factors
- 70/A/CG A AIRFRAME SKI ASSEMBLIES Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/A/95 A MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS MATERIAL FAILURE Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/J/94 J MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OVERLOAD FAILURE 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
3 2536.
Source file
NTSB_1968_3_2536.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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