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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event SEA72DYA15

1971-10-19 IDAHO FALLS, Idaho, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N7559F

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

CHAMPION 7GCAA

Engine

LYCOMING 0-235 SERIES (115 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S AA3035

Registrant of record

DODGE DONALD V

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N7559F Champion 7GCAA 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

CHAMPION 7GCAA · N7559F

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — descent (EF)

Operator type

Personal/private

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000208-70

Total time

428 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

2,289

Age

38

Investigator remarks

ATMTD LDG IN WET FARMERS FLD.

Cause factors

64/C/29 C
PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Cause
64/C/35 C
PILOT IN COMMAND SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN Cause
83/L/A L
TERRAIN WET,SOFT GROUND

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 4326. Source file NTSB_1971_3_4326.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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