NTSB CAROL · Event
Event SEA70DWD22
Registry · N845V
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
WACO CTO
Year of manufacture
1930 · 40 years old at event
Engine
WRIGHT 760A B D E&ET (250 hp)
Seats / Engines
3 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19560512
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S AB9447
Registrant of record
BELL AVIATION INC
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
WACO CTO · N845V
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Cruise — descent (EF)
Operator type
D
Airport
LONGNECKER STRIP
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Temp
50° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
0000000A3225
Total time
3,286 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
6,000
Age
49
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
DURATION 1.5HRS DAY OF ACCIDENT,3 LANDINGS.
Investigator remarks
HIT GRUMMAN AG-CAT G164 N698Y DMG UNKN.CHECKOUT
Cause factors
- 64/C/31 C PILOT IN COMMAND LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT Cause
- 64/C/79 C PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL Cause
- 64/C/82 C PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO INITIATE GO-AROUND 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 2103.
Source file
NTSB_1970_3_2103.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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- arXiv 2026 · arXiv preprint
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