NTSB CAROL · Event
Event SEA70D0065
Registry · N477N
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
TRAVEL AIR D-4000
Year of manufacture
1930 · 39 years old at event
Engine
AMA/EXPR UNKNOWN ENG
Seats / Engines
3 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19931025
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A5DC47
Registrant of record
OWLS HEAD TRANSPORTATION MUSEUM
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
TRAVEL AIR E4000 · N477N
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
DK
Operator type
Part 135 (air taxi/commuter)
Airport
NYSSA
Kind of flying
CA
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Temp
70° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000001379
Total time
3,258 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
1,107
Age
40
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
STRUCK PWR LINE.DENSITY ALT APRX 3000FT. ALFALFA.
Investigator remarks
ACFT SETTLED DRG PROCEDURE TURNAROUND,TAILWHEEL
Cause factors
- 64/C/16 C PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED 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 3245.
Source file
NTSB_1969_3_3245.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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