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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event SEA72FVC27

1972-01-28 PORTLAND, Oregon, United States Minor 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

N3692Q Beech A23A Minor

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

BEECH A23A · N3692Q

Damage

Destroyed

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Takeoff — initial climb (C1)

Operator type

Personal/private

Airport

PORTLAND INTL

Kind of flying

DB

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000M-1060

Total time

2,077 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

GA (GA)

Total hours

3,957

Age

33

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

L AFTER LIFT-OFF,HIT GND ALMOST INVRTD.

Investigator remarks

TEST FLT AFTER REPAIRS.AILERONS REVERSED.ROLLED

Cause factors

64/A/29 A
PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Cause — pilot/personnel action
68/A/D0 A
PERSONNEL IMPROPER MAINTENANCE (MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL) Cause — pilot/personnel action
70/A/D2 A
AIRFRAME AILERON SURFACES,ATTACHMENTS Cause — pilot/personnel action
88/A/BK A
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS CROSSED Cause — pilot/personnel action

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 0404. Source file NTSB_1972_3_0404.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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