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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event SEA72DYC09

1971-07-25 SANDY, Oregon, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N9051B

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

AERONCA 7EC

Engine

LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES (180 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19731002

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S AC843C

Registrant of record

REGISTRATION PENDING

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N9051B Champion 7FC 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 7FC · N9051B

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

C4

Operator type

D

Airport

RICH

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Aircraft history

Serial number

0000007FC139

Total time

1,138 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

302

Age

52

Investigator remarks

WENT INTO ROUGH UNMOWED AREA ALONGSIDE RWY.

Cause factors

64/C/31 C
PILOT IN COMMAND LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT Cause
64/C/79 C
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL Cause
80/B/BY B
AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES OTHER

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 2905. Source file NTSB_1971_3_2905.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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