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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event SEA71DWG26

1970-10-03 LEWISTON, Idaho, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N831B

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

LUSCOMBE 8F

Year of manufacture

1950 · 20 years old at event

Engine

CONT MOTOR C90 SERIES (95 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19560307

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S AB5C2A

Registrant of record

MORRISON RONALD J

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N831B Luscombe 8F 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

LUSCOMBE 8F · N831B

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — descent (EF)

Operator type

D

Airport

SCHUMACHER STRIP

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Temp

70° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000006762

Total time

1,189 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

565

Age

70

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

.

Investigator remarks

AREA ADJ STRIP RECENTLY PLOWED,LOOSE DIRT ON RWY

Cause factors

64/C/35 C
PILOT IN COMMAND SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN Cause
80/C/BY C
AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES OTHER 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 3909. Source file NTSB_1970_3_3909.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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