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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event SEA71AS038

1971-03-12 OKANOGAN, Washington, United States Minor 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

N3338U Cessna 182F Minor

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

CESSNA 182F · N3338U

Damage

Destroyed

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Takeoff — initial climb (C1)

Operator type

E

Airport

LEGION

Kind of flying

CI

Weather at impact

Sky

UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED

Aircraft history

Serial number

000182-54738

Total time

1,519 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

DA (DA)

Total hours

4,112

Age

26

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

BS OVERWEIGHT.

Investigator remarks

FAILED TO REMOVE SNOW/ICE FROM ACFT.APRXLY 155 L

Cause factors

64/A/29 A
PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Cause — pilot/personnel action
88/A/74 A
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS AIRFRAME ICE Cause — pilot/personnel action
88/A/76 A
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS IMPROPERLY LOADED AIRCRAFT-WEIGHT-AND/OR C.G. Cause — pilot/personnel action

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 2116. Source file NTSB_1971_3_2116.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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