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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event SEA71DYG59

1971-06-16 WATERVILLE, Washington, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N2934G

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

CALLAIR A-6

Year of manufacture

1960 · 11 years old at event

Engine

LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES (180 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19600908

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A3038A

Registrant of record

HACKWELL MATTHEW C

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N2934G Callair A-6 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

CALLAIR A-6 · N2934G

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

DL

Operator type

Part 135 (air taxi/commuter)

Kind of flying

CA

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000000289

Total time

1,060 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

9,796

Age

55

Cause factors

64/A/52 A
PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED ALTITUDE AND CLEARANCE 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 2058. Source file NTSB_1971_3_2058.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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