NTSB CAROL · Event
Event SEA73FYI02
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
PIPER PA-28 · N1721T
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
E
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
DC
Operator type
D
Airport
ROSEBURG
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Wind
330° / 8 kt
Temp
80° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
0028-7125034
Total time
935 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
170
Age
33
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
ER MAX GROSS WT 147 LBS.DENSITY ALT ABOUT 2200 FT.
Investigator remarks
UNABLE TO OUT CLIMB HILL,TRIED TO RET TO FLD. OV
Cause factors
- 64/A/29 A PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/27 A PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/16 A PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/J/71 J PILOT IN COMMAND MISUSED OR FAILED TO USE FLAPS Joint cause
- 88/J/76 J MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS IMPROPERLY LOADED AIRCRAFT-WEIGHT-AND/OR C.G. Joint cause
- 82/J/W J WEATHER HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE Joint cause
- 83/J/I J TERRAIN HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS Joint cause
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 1130.
Source file
NTSB_1972_3_1130.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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