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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event SEA73AS035

1973-05-29 SNOHOMISH, Washington, United States Fatal 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N2846R

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

PIPER PA-28-181

Year of manufacture

1979

Engine

LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER (180 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19790514

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A2E011

Registrant of record

HALLER RICHARD W

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N2846R Cessna 182K Fatal

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

CESSNA 182K · N2846R

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EB

Operator type

D

Airport

HARVEY

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

330° / 10 kt

Temp

58° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000018258446

Total time

917 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

150

Age

45

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

WITH FLOURESCENT BALLS AT POLES.

Investigator remarks

HIT 22 FT WIRES 75 FT SHORT OF RWY. WIRES MARKED

Cause factors

64/C/48 C
PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE Cause
83/K/I K
TERRAIN HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS 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 0962. Source file NTSB_1973_3_0962.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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