NTSB CAROL · Event
Event SEA70D0109
Registry · N18642
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
MONOCOUPE 110
Year of manufacture
1933 · 36 years old at event
Engine
WARNER SCARAB SERIES (125 hp)
Seats / Engines
2 seats · 1 engine
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A159F5
Registrant of record
HISTORIC AIRCRAFT RESTORATION 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
MONOCOUPE 110 · N18642
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
D7
Operator type
D
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000006W53
Total time
1,947 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Flight instructor (CFI)
Total hours
547
Age
28
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
CE SPIN. CRASH LANDED IN FLD.
Investigator remarks
R HORIZ STAB TWISTED DURING RECOVERY FROM PRACTI
Cause factors
- 70/C/D3 C AIRFRAME HORIZONTAL STABILIZER, ATTACHMENTS Cause
- 64/C/09 C PILOT IN COMMAND EXCEEDED DESIGNED STRESS LIMITS OF AIRCRAFT Cause
- 88/C/94 C MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OVERLOAD FAILURE 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 4147.
Source file
NTSB_1969_3_4147.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
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