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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event SEA72AS054

1972-06-17 BLACKFOOT, Idaho, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N8775N

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

PIPER PA-28-140

Year of manufacture

1969 · 3 years old at event

Engine

LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES (180 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19690224

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S AC136B

Registrant of record

PEREZ JEREMIAH

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N8775N Piper PA-28 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

PIPER PA-28 · N8775N

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — descent (EF)

Operator type

Personal/private

Airport

MCCARLEY FIELD

Kind of flying

A3

Weather at impact

Sky

OVERCAST

Aircraft history

Serial number

000028-25599

Total time

980 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Airline transport

Total hours

91

Age

24

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

ROAD.NO WARNING SIGNS,NO FENCE.ACFT RAN OFF RWY.

Investigator remarks

7YR-OLD BOY RAN ONTO RWY.RWY ADJ TO GOLF COURSE,

Cause factors

68/C/K9 C
PERSONNEL OTHER Cause
84/L/7 L
MISCELLANEOUS EVASIVE MANEUVER TO AVOID COLLISION
68/L/H1 L
PERSONNEL FAILURE TO NOTIFY OF UNSAFE COND/AND OR FAILURE TO MARK OBSTRUCTION

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 2096. Source file NTSB_1972_3_2096.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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