NTSB CAROL · Event
Event SEA70DWG18
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
LUSCOMBE 8E · N1243K
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EB
Operator type
D
Airport
OKANOGAN LEGION
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000003970
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
613
Age
63
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
NT WINDSHIELD DMG.STALLED DRG TURN-BACK TO FLD.
Investigator remarks
ENG COWLING OPENED AFTR T/O.SLOWED ACFT TO PREVE
Cause factors
- 64/A/29 A PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/08 A PILOT IN COMMAND DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/16 A PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 74/J/E0 J POWERPLANT COWLING Joint cause
- 88/J/29 J MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS IMPROPERLY SECURED 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 2682.
Source file
NTSB_1970_3_2682.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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- NASA NTRS 2019 · Conference Paper
Transonic Experimental Observations of Abrupt Wing Stall on an F/A-l8E Model
A transonic wind tunnel test of an 8% F/A-18E model was conducted in the NASA Langley Research Center (LaRC) 16 ft Transonic Tunnel (16-ft TT) to investigate on-surface flow physics during stall.
- NASA NTRS 2019 · Conference Paper
Transonic Experimental Observations of Abrupt Wing Stall on an F/A-18E Model (Invited)
A transonic wind tunnel test of an 8% F/A-18E model was conducted in the NASA Langley Research Center (LaRC) 16 ft Transonic Tunnel (16-ft TT) to investigate on-surface flow physics during stall.
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