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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event SEA70AS049

1970-06-28 SHAW ISLAND, Washington, United States Fatal 1 aircraft Status: Completed

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

COMMONWLTH 185 · N31210

Damage

Destroyed

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EE

Operator type

D

Airport

FOWLER

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

180° / 8 kt

Temp

70° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000001813

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

616

Age

48

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

O 100 FT BANK AND TREES AT END.

Investigator remarks

ATTEMPTED GO AROUND FROM ONE WAY STRIP,UPSLOPE T

Cause factors

  • 64/C/25 C
    PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER LEVEL OFF Cause
  • 64/B/33 B
    PILOT IN COMMAND EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT
  • 80/L/BY L
    AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES OTHER
  • 82/K/H K
    WEATHER UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS Joint factor
  • 88/K/AQ K
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS DOWNWIND Joint factor
  • 64/K/29 K
    PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Joint factor

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 1236. Source file NTSB_1970_3_1236.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.