NTSB CAROL · Event
Event SEA71DWD16
Registry · N1118H
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
AERONCA S15AC
Engine
LYCOMING I0-360-B1E (180 hp)
Seats / Engines
4 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19920826
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A03362
Registrant of record
NELSON CHESTER C
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
AERONCA 15AC · N1118H
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
Z
Phase of flight
Takeoff — initial climb (C1)
Operator type
Personal/private
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000000134
Total time
550 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
358
Age
19
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
AGE DMGD.
Investigator remarks
DOOR OPENED AFTR LFTOF,SLOWED ACFT.L FLOAT,FUSEL
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
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 3774.
Source file
NTSB_1970_3_3774.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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