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SEA72DYC05

1971-07-05 · BEAVERTON, Oregon, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Current FAA registration · N33551

Make / Model
PIPER J3C-65
Year of manufacture
1945 · 26 years old at event
Engine
CONT MOTOR C85 SERIES (85 hp)
Seats / Engines
2 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19560515
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A3AB83

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
PIPER J3C-65 · N33551
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
C0
Operator type
D
Airport
STARKS
Kind of flying
A0

Weather at impact

Sky
BROKEN

Aircraft history

Serial number
000000013989
Total time
2,597 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
Flight instructor (CFI)
Total hours
315
Age
33

Cause factors

  • 66/C/79 C
    DUAL STUDENT Cause
  • 64/A/30 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT Cause — pilot/personnel action

Decoded against the NTSB Form 6120.4 cause-factor codebook (ct_Pre1982 table).

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 2691. Source file NTSB_1971_3_2691.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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