NTSB CAROL · Event
Event SEA69D0021
Registry · N87723
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
PIPER J3C-65
Seats / Engines
2 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19590421
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S AC1311
Registrant of record
CUB EAGLEVILLE LLC
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 J-3 · N87723
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Cruise climb (DB)
Operator type
D
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Aircraft history
Total time
2,752 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Airline transport
Total hours
15
Age
30
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
KING BACK AT PEOPLE ON A BOAT.
Investigator remarks
PLT SAID HE PULLED UP INTO POWER LINES WHILE LOO
Cause factors
- 64/A/08 A PILOT IN COMMAND DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/A/14 A MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/J/88 J MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER 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 3480.
Source file
NTSB_1968_3_3480.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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