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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event SEA72DYC37

1972-04-26 HILLSBORO, Oregon, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N1683J

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

PIPER PA-28-140

Engine

LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES (180 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19671201

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A11230

Registrant of record

MIRANDA EMIGDIO

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N1683J 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 · N1683J

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

E

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EE

Operator type

D

Airport

PORTLAND-HILLSBOR

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Temp

55° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000028-24084

Total time

1,317 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Airline transport

Total hours

65

Age

32

Cause factors

64/C/25 C
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER LEVEL OFF Cause
88/K/94 K
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OVERLOAD FAILURE Joint factor

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 2428. Source file NTSB_1972_3_2428.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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