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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event SEA70FWD08

1970-04-05 ARLINGTON, Washington, United States Fatal 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N7787

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

CESSNA AIRCRAFT CO F172M

Year of manufacture

1974

TCDS

A4EU · TEXTRON AVIATION INC

Engine

LYCOMING O-320-E2A (150 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

20250528

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S AA8A0C

Registrant of record

BARNETT CHARLES

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N7787 Bensen B-8 Fatal

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

BENSEN B-8 · N7787

Damage

Destroyed

Craft type

I

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Takeoff — initial climb (C1)

Operator type

D

Airport

ARLINGTON

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

180° / 30 kt

Temp

50° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000031530

Pilot

Certificate

Airline transport

Total hours

28

Age

40

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

2 HAD BULLET STRIKE PREVIOUS WK.WND GUSTING.

Investigator remarks

PROP TIP SEPN,HIT M/R BLADE.PROP,AERIAL SN48207

Cause factors

64/C/01 C
PILOT IN COMMAND ATTEMPTED OPERATION W/KNOWN DEFICIENCIES IN EQUIPMENT Cause
74/C/FA C
POWERPLANT BLADES Cause
88/C/AH C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS PREVIOUS DAMAGE Cause
78/B/AA B
ROTORCRAFT MAIN ROTOR BLADES
84/B/D B
MISCELLANEOUS FOREIGN OBJECT DAMAGE
88/L/49 L
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS SEPARATION IN FLIGHT
82/L/H L
WEATHER UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS

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 1843. Source file NTSB_1970_3_1843.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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