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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event SEA73DYE23

1972-12-24 SNOHOMISH, Washington, United States Minor 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N57185

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

RYAN AERONAUTICAL ST3KR

Engine

KINNER R5 SERIES (160 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19610119

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A755AE

Registrant of record

CLEAR BLUE MARKETING INC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

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

RYAN ST-3KR · N57185

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EJ

Operator type

D

Airport

HARVEY FIELD

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000001766

Total time

2,847 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

1,055

Age

39

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

CH.TURNED DURG LNDG ABORT,DUG WING TIP INTO GND.

Investigator remarks

RYAN N57185 ABOVE CESSNA 170(N2584V) ON FINAL AP

Cause factors

  • 64/A/53 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED ALTITUDE Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 84/A/7 A
    MISCELLANEOUS EVASIVE MANEUVER TO AVOID COLLISION Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 68/A/K0 A
    PERSONNEL PILOT OF OTHER AIRCRAFT 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 3863. Source file NTSB_1972_3_3863.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.