NTSB CAROL · Event
Event SEA69D0114
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
SCHLEICHER KA6CR · N8521
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
C
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Cruise — level (EA)
Operator type
D
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
Wind
270° / 20 kt
Temp
70° F
Aircraft history
Total time
480 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
964
Age
42
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
OACH LEFT WING STRUCK GRND.WIND 270 DEG 20 GUSTING
Investigator remarks
PLT LOST LIFT SOARING. DURING TURN TO FINAL APPR
Cause factors
- 64/A/27 A PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/52 A PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED ALTITUDE AND CLEARANCE Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 82/J/H J WEATHER UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS Joint cause
- 82/J/L J WEATHER TURBULENCE, ASSOCIATED W/CLOUDS AND/OR THUNDERSTORMS 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 3912.
Source file
NTSB_1968_3_3912.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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