NTSB CAROL · Event
Event SEA72AS044
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
CESSNA 170A · N1474D
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Takeoff — initial climb (C1)
Operator type
D
Airport
JACKSON COUNTY
Kind of flying
DD
Weather at impact
Sky
SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET
Wind
150° / 17 kt
Temp
74° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000020083
Pilot
Certificate
Flight instructor (CFI)
Total hours
3,627
Age
35
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
LND.
Investigator remarks
BOTH SIDES OF COWLING CAME OPEN. PLT WAS RET TO
Cause factors
- 74/C/KY C POWERPLANT OTHER Cause
- 88/C/29 C MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS IMPROPERLY SECURED Cause
- 64/C/29 C PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Cause
- 64/B/08 B PILOT IN COMMAND DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT
- 64/B/16 B PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED
- 64/L/31 L PILOT IN COMMAND LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT
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 0627.
Source file
NTSB_1972_3_0627.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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