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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event SEA70DXM18

1970-06-03 IDAHO FALLS, Idaho, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N5843L

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

AMERICAN AA-5

Year of manufacture

1972

Engine

LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES (180 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19720329

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A78790

Registrant of record

MASCHEK SCOTT

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N5843L Piper PA-25 None

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

PIPER PA-25 · N5843L

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — descent (EF)

Operator type

Part 135 (air taxi/commuter)

Airport

DUSTER STRIP

Kind of flying

DD

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Aircraft history

Serial number

00L-13123-40

Pilot

Certificate

Flight instructor (CFI)

Total hours

5,920

Age

37

Investigator remarks

ACFT HIT EQUIPMENT NEAR LDG AREA.

Cause factors

64/C/79 C
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL 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 2320. Source file NTSB_1970_3_2320.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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