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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event SEA74DYC31

1973-12-08 SILETZ, Oregon, United States Minor 2 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N6030C

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

CALLAIR A-5T

Year of manufacture

1955 · 18 years old at event

Engine

LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES (180 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19560323

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A7D4BF

Registrant of record

JAMES MARVIN L

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

CALLAIR A-5T · N6030C

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

DJ

Operator type

Part 135 (air taxi/commuter)

Kind of flying

CA

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Temp

65° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000182-58004

Total time

1,864 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

3,000

Age

59

Investigator remarks

HARD LDG.DAMAGED PROP AND NOSE GEAR.PORPOISED.

Cause factors

64/A/54 A
PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED CLEARANCE Cause — pilot/personnel action
88/J/79 J
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS SUNGLARE 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 4070. Source file NTSB_1973_3_4070.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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